Re: dwz-0.1 - DWARF compression tool

2012-04-19 Thread Jakub Jelinek
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 09:36:57AM +0200, Jakub Jelinek wrote: > I'd like to announce dwz-0.1, a DWARF compression tool I've spent this > April hacking on. It is currently (see below) written as standalone tool, > with minimal dependencies (though time hasn't been spent on portability > yet, so as

Re: dwz-0.1 - DWARF compression tool

2012-04-18 Thread Mark Wielaard
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 02:26:45PM +0200, Jakub Jelinek wrote: > Of course there is a lot of DWARF duplication in between different > libraries, or binaries, or e.g. Linux kernel modules (which have the > added problem that they have relocations against the sections; we could > apply and remove the

Re: dwz-0.1 - DWARF compression tool

2012-04-18 Thread Jakub Jelinek
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 09:49:11AM +0200, Mike Dupont wrote: > this is exciting, thanks for sharing. > > I wonder what amount of data is even the same between many libraries, Of course there is a lot of DWARF duplication in between different libraries, or binaries, or e.g. Linux kernel modules (w