On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Jakub Jelinek <ja...@redhat.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 05:24:53PM +0530, Ramana wrote: >> For C++ applications, on PPC, gcc v4.8.1 is generating the call frame >> information in the .eh_frame section by default. >> >> Could you please tell me why .eh_frame is being generated instead of >> .debug_frame? > > Because .eh_frame is the same data .debug_frame contains, just more compact > and usable also for unwinding and backtrace purposes, not just debugging. > It doesn't make sense to emit both. > > Jakub Ok.
But there is no mention of .eh_frame in dwarf4 standard. Any dwarf4 compliant debugger would look for only .debug_frame or shouldn't it? Regards, Venkata Ramanaiah N