Re: port-macppc/52564: current ofwboot.xcf crashes because of .eh_frame* in .text

[Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-macppc/52564; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-macppc/52564: current ofwboot.xcf crashes because of
 .eh_frame* in .text
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 00:17:47 +0300

 On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 17:30:01 +0000, scole_mail%gmx.com@localhost wrote:
 
 > It seems the issue is caused by rev 1.4 in elf32_powerpc_merge.x
 > https://nxr.netbsd.org/history/src/sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff/elf32_powerpc_merge.x
 > which put
 >  *(.eh_frame_hdr)
 >  *(.eh_frame)
 > in the .text section. 
 
 I swear there was a reason why I did that but I can't remember.  I
 *think* that before I made that change ofwboot suddenly exploded in
 size when gcc started generating .eh_frame.
 
 What is the size of ofwboot.xcf before and after?
 
 -uwe