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

dwz-0.1 - DWARF compression tool

2012-04-18 Thread Jakub Jelinek
Hi! 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 assumes glibc host), in particular just a small amount of code in it