Re: .debug_info relocation

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 12:57:31PM +0100, J. Hannken-Illjes wrote:
> It looks like amd64 uses SHT_RELA for section .debug_info while i386 uses
> SHT_REL.
> 
> Which archs use SHT_RELA and which use SHT_REL?
> 
> Is there a config file anywhere?

Not sure what you'd want to configure here.

IIRC the binutils backend for i386 only ever uses SHT_REL sections (it
defines USE_REL to 1). On all other architectures the backend could
create both types of relocs - not sure which ones actually do what.

Any tool dealing with it has to support both.

Martin