Re: [avr-libc-dev] Re: [avr-gcc-list] dwarf2 information, is this a bug?

[Eric Weddington]

Björn Haase wrote:

> > Hi Björn,
> >
> > Do you think the problem first showed up in 2.16? Would it be better off
> > to stay with 2.15 until this issue is fixed in HEAD?
>
>
> No. Last week I indeed had observed the same issue Torsten has reported. Today 
> I have analyzed the issue and found out that the problems with 2.16 showed up 
> for my applications only in conjunction with my new linker optimizations. It 
> seems that Torsten's issue has been fixed meanwhile. I found out where the 
> problem with my linker relaxation patch were and I have fixed the issue this 
> afternoon. I will soon post a follow-up patch of the linker-relax 
> optimization.
>
> My suggestion would be to be even less conservative: I'd even suggest that 
> within two weeks time you could ship *mainline* binutils that includes linker 
> relaxation: I observe that the code size decrease might justify it and in 
> case that there are unexpected new problems, you simply would not need to 
> switch --relax on.

Thanks for the analysis.


> BTW: You are now employed by Atmel, Eric?

You're observant. :-)

Yes, I am, though I haven't made that widely public (though I suppose it 
will get around soon enough). I'm in their Colorado Springs offices.

Eric Weddington