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diff --git a/dwarfgen/README b/dwarfgen/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f1d4814 --- /dev/null +++ b/dwarfgen/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ + +David Anderson, September 20, 2010 + +The dwarfgen application is intended as both a vehicle +for testing dwarf-generation by libdwarf and as an example +of how one uses libdwarf to generate DWARF. +In addition, it should be useful as a test vehicle for +evaluating future changes to the DWARF standard. + +It is necessary as a test-vehicle so that the libdwarf +producer code can be updated to allow more recent features +of DWARF to be supported while trying to guarantee current +producer code users are correctly supported. + +By default dwarfgen produces a fake a.out. By that we mean +that no relocation sections are written. Instead, relocations +are processed directly by dwarfgen. +Perhaps at some point a more a.out-like output will be optionally +supported. + |