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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2008-04-11 09:04:17 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2008-04-11 09:04:17 +0000
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* dwarf.c (display_debug_lines): Rename to
display_debug_lines_raw. (display_debug_lines_decoded): New function. Displays the interpreted contents of a .debug_line section. (display_debug_lines): New function: Selects either a raw dump or a decoded dump (or both) as requested by the user. * dwarf.h (do_debug_lines_decoded): New extern. * readelf.c: Add support for -wL or --debug-dump=decodedline option to display the decoded contents of a .debug_line section. * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new option. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 44c18dc..926caa8 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -3705,8 +3705,8 @@ readelf [@option{-a}|@option{--all}]
[@option{-x} <number or name>|@option{--hex-dump=}<number or name>]
[@option{-p} <number or name>|@option{--string-dump=}<number or name>]
[@option{-c}|@option{--archive-index}]
- [@option{-w[liaprmfFsoR]}|
- @option{--debug-dump}[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges]]
+ [@option{-w[lLiaprmfFsoR]}|
+ @option{--debug-dump}[=rawline,=decodedline,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges]]
[@option{-I}|@option{-histogram}]
[@option{-v}|@option{--version}]
[@option{-W}|@option{--wide}]
@@ -3843,12 +3843,16 @@ Displays the file symbol index infomation contained in the header part
of binary archives. Performs the same function as the @option{t}
command to @command{ar}, but without using the BFD library. @xref{ar}.
-@item -w[liaprmfFsoR]
-@itemx --debug-dump[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges]
+@item -w[lLiaprmfFsoR]
+@itemx --debug-dump[=rawline,=decodedline,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges]
Displays the contents of the debug sections in the file, if any are
present. If one of the optional letters or words follows the switch
then only data found in those specific sections will be dumped.
+Note: the @option{=decodedline} option will display the interpreted
+contents of a .debug_line section whereas the @option{=rawline} option
+dumps the contents in a raw format.
+
@item -I
@itemx --histogram
Display a histogram of bucket list lengths when displaying the contents