Changeset f28dfb36 in rtems

Timestamp:

Jul 28, 1999, 5:29:54 PM (21 years ago)

Author:

Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@…>

Branches:

4.10, 4.11, 4.8, 4.9, master

Children:

f94e76ba

Parents:

f82c98b

Message:

Added information on using objcopy to produce IEEE-695 format.

File:

• doc/FAQ/debug.t (modified) (1 diff)

doc/FAQ/debug.t

@@ -47 +47 @@
 In this case, the first block on the C Heap has 8,058,280 bytes left.
 
+@section How do I convert an executable to IEEE-695?
 
+This section is based on an email from Andrew Bythell
+<abythell@@nortelnetworks.com> in July 1999.
+
+Using Objcopy to convert m68k-coff to IEEE did not work.  The new IEEE
+object could not be read by tools like the XRay BDM Debugger.  
+
+The exact nature of this problem is beyond me, but I did narrow it down to a
+problem with objcopy in binutils 2-9.1.  To no surprise, others have
+discovered this problem as well, as it has been fixed in later releases.
+
+I compiled a snapshot of the development sources from 07/26/99 and
+everything now works as it should.  The development sources are at
+http://sourceware.cygnus.com/binutils  (thanks Ian!)
+
+Additional notes on converting an m68k-coff object for use with XRay (and
+others):
+
+@enumerate
+
+
+@item The m68k-coff object must be built with the -gstabs+ flag.  The -g flag
+alone didn't work for me.  
+
+@item Run Objcopy with the --debugging flag to copy debugging information. 
+
+@end enumerate
+
+