Tue Feb 20 23:05:16 1996 Roland McGrath <roland@charlie-brown.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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1 /* Table of DBX symbol codes for the GNU system.
2 Copyright (C) 1988 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
16 Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
18 /* This contains contribution from Cygnus Support. */
20 /* Global variable. Only the name is significant.
21 To find the address, look in the corresponding external symbol. */
22 __define_stab (N_GSYM, 0x20, "GSYM")
24 /* Function name for BSD Fortran. Only the name is significant.
25 To find the address, look in the corresponding external symbol. */
26 __define_stab (N_FNAME, 0x22, "FNAME")
28 /* Function name or text-segment variable for C. Value is its address.
29 Desc is supposedly starting line number, but GCC doesn't set it
30 and DBX seems not to miss it. */
31 __define_stab (N_FUN, 0x24, "FUN")
33 /* Data-segment variable with internal linkage. Value is its address.
34 "Static Sym". */
35 __define_stab (N_STSYM, 0x26, "STSYM")
37 /* BSS-segment variable with internal linkage. Value is its address. */
38 __define_stab (N_LCSYM, 0x28, "LCSYM")
40 /* Name of main routine. Only the name is significant.
41 This is not used in C. */
42 __define_stab (N_MAIN, 0x2a, "MAIN")
44 /* Global symbol in Pascal.
45 Supposedly the value is its line number; I'm skeptical. */
46 __define_stab (N_PC, 0x30, "PC")
48 /* Number of symbols: 0, files,,funcs,lines according to Ultrix V4.0. */
49 __define_stab (N_NSYMS, 0x32, "NSYMS")
51 /* "No DST map for sym: name, ,0,type,ignored" according to Ultrix V4.0. */
52 __define_stab (N_NOMAP, 0x34, "NOMAP")
54 /* New stab from Solaris. I don't know what it means, but it
55 don't seem to contain useful information. */
56 __define_stab (N_OBJ, 0x38, "OBJ")
58 /* New stab from Solaris. I don't know what it means, but it
59 don't seem to contain useful information. Possibly related to the
60 optimization flags used in this module. */
61 __define_stab (N_OPT, 0x3c, "OPT")
63 /* Register variable. Value is number of register. */
64 __define_stab (N_RSYM, 0x40, "RSYM")
66 /* Modula-2 compilation unit. Can someone say what info it contains? */
67 __define_stab (N_M2C, 0x42, "M2C")
69 /* Line number in text segment. Desc is the line number;
70 value is corresponding address. */
71 __define_stab (N_SLINE, 0x44, "SLINE")
73 /* Similar, for data segment. */
74 __define_stab (N_DSLINE, 0x46, "DSLINE")
76 /* Similar, for bss segment. */
77 __define_stab (N_BSLINE, 0x48, "BSLINE")
79 /* Sun's source-code browser stabs. ?? Don't know what the fields are.
80 Supposedly the field is "path to associated .cb file". THIS VALUE
81 OVERLAPS WITH N_BSLINE! */
82 __define_stab (N_BROWS, 0x48, "BROWS")
84 /* GNU Modula-2 definition module dependency. Value is the modification time
85 of the definition file. Other is non-zero if it is imported with the
86 GNU M2 keyword %INITIALIZE. Perhaps N_M2C can be used if there
87 are enough empty fields? */
88 __define_stab(N_DEFD, 0x4a, "DEFD")
90 /* THE FOLLOWING TWO STAB VALUES CONFLICT. Happily, one is for Modula-2
91 and one is for C++. Still,... */
92 /* GNU C++ exception variable. Name is variable name. */
93 __define_stab (N_EHDECL, 0x50, "EHDECL")
94 /* Modula2 info "for imc": name,,0,0,0 according to Ultrix V4.0. */
95 __define_stab (N_MOD2, 0x50, "MOD2")
97 /* GNU C++ `catch' clause. Value is its address. Desc is nonzero if
98 this entry is immediately followed by a CAUGHT stab saying what exception
99 was caught. Multiple CAUGHT stabs means that multiple exceptions
100 can be caught here. If Desc is 0, it means all exceptions are caught
101 here. */
102 __define_stab (N_CATCH, 0x54, "CATCH")
104 /* Structure or union element. Value is offset in the structure. */
105 __define_stab (N_SSYM, 0x60, "SSYM")
107 /* Name of main source file.
108 Value is starting text address of the compilation. */
109 __define_stab (N_SO, 0x64, "SO")
111 /* Automatic variable in the stack. Value is offset from frame pointer.
112 Also used for type descriptions. */
113 __define_stab (N_LSYM, 0x80, "LSYM")
115 /* Beginning of an include file. Only Sun uses this.
116 In an object file, only the name is significant.
117 The Sun linker puts data into some of the other fields. */
118 __define_stab (N_BINCL, 0x82, "BINCL")
120 /* Name of sub-source file (#include file).
121 Value is starting text address of the compilation. */
122 __define_stab (N_SOL, 0x84, "SOL")
124 /* Parameter variable. Value is offset from argument pointer.
125 (On most machines the argument pointer is the same as the frame pointer. */
126 __define_stab (N_PSYM, 0xa0, "PSYM")
128 /* End of an include file. No name.
129 This and N_BINCL act as brackets around the file's output.
130 In an object file, there is no significant data in this entry.
131 The Sun linker puts data into some of the fields. */
132 __define_stab (N_EINCL, 0xa2, "EINCL")
134 /* Alternate entry point. Value is its address. */
135 __define_stab (N_ENTRY, 0xa4, "ENTRY")
137 /* Beginning of lexical block.
138 The desc is the nesting level in lexical blocks.
139 The value is the address of the start of the text for the block.
140 The variables declared inside the block *precede* the N_LBRAC symbol. */
141 __define_stab (N_LBRAC, 0xc0, "LBRAC")
143 /* Place holder for deleted include file. Replaces a N_BINCL and everything
144 up to the corresponding N_EINCL. The Sun linker generates these when
145 it finds multiple identical copies of the symbols from an include file.
146 This appears only in output from the Sun linker. */
147 __define_stab (N_EXCL, 0xc2, "EXCL")
149 /* Modula-2 scope information. Can someone say what info it contains? */
150 __define_stab (N_SCOPE, 0xc4, "SCOPE")
152 /* End of a lexical block. Desc matches the N_LBRAC's desc.
153 The value is the address of the end of the text for the block. */
154 __define_stab (N_RBRAC, 0xe0, "RBRAC")
156 /* Begin named common block. Only the name is significant. */
157 __define_stab (N_BCOMM, 0xe2, "BCOMM")
159 /* End named common block. Only the name is significant
160 (and it should match the N_BCOMM). */
161 __define_stab (N_ECOMM, 0xe4, "ECOMM")
163 /* End common (local name): value is address.
164 I'm not sure how this is used. */
165 __define_stab (N_ECOML, 0xe8, "ECOML")
167 /* These STAB's are used on Gould systems for Non-Base register symbols
168 or something like that. FIXME. I have assigned the values at random
169 since I don't have a Gould here. Fixups from Gould folk welcome... */
170 __define_stab (N_NBTEXT, 0xF0, "NBTEXT")
171 __define_stab (N_NBDATA, 0xF2, "NBDATA")
172 __define_stab (N_NBBSS, 0xF4, "NBBSS")
173 __define_stab (N_NBSTS, 0xF6, "NBSTS")
174 __define_stab (N_NBLCS, 0xF8, "NBLCS")
176 /* Second symbol entry containing a length-value for the preceding entry.
177 The value is the length. */
178 __define_stab (N_LENG, 0xfe, "LENG")
180 /* The above information, in matrix format.
182 STAB MATRIX
183 _________________________________________________
184 | 00 - 1F are not dbx stab symbols |
185 | In most cases, the low bit is the EXTernal bit|
187 | 00 UNDEF | 02 ABS | 04 TEXT | 06 DATA |
188 | 01 |EXT | 03 |EXT | 05 |EXT | 07 |EXT |
190 | 08 BSS | 0A INDR | 0C FN_SEQ | 0E |
191 | 09 |EXT | 0B | 0D | 0F |
193 | 10 | 12 COMM | 14 SETA | 16 SETT |
194 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
196 | 18 SETD | 1A SETB | 1C SETV | 1E WARNING|
197 | 19 | 1B | 1D | 1F FN |
199 |_______________________________________________|
200 | Debug entries with bit 01 set are unused. |
201 | 20 GSYM | 22 FNAME | 24 FUN | 26 STSYM |
202 | 28 LCSYM | 2A MAIN | 2C | 2E |
203 | 30 PC | 32 NSYMS | 34 NOMAP | 36 |
204 | 38 OBJ | 3A | 3C OPT | 3E |
205 | 40 RSYM | 42 M2C | 44 SLINE | 46 DSLINE |
206 | 48 BSLINE*| 4A DEFD | 4C | 4E |
207 | 50 EHDECL*| 52 | 54 CATCH | 56 |
208 | 58 | 5A | 5C | 5E |
209 | 60 SSYM | 62 | 64 SO | 66 |
210 | 68 | 6A | 6C | 6E |
211 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 76 |
212 | 78 | 7A | 7C | 7E |
213 | 80 LSYM | 82 BINCL | 84 SOL | 86 |
214 | 88 | 8A | 8C | 8E |
215 | 90 | 92 | 94 | 96 |
216 | 98 | 9A | 9C | 9E |
217 | A0 PSYM | A2 EINCL | A4 ENTRY | A6 |
218 | A8 | AA | AC | AE |
219 | B0 | B2 | B4 | B6 |
220 | B8 | BA | BC | BE |
221 | C0 LBRAC | C2 EXCL | C4 SCOPE | C6 |
222 | C8 | CA | CC | CE |
223 | D0 | D2 | D4 | D6 |
224 | D8 | DA | DC | DE |
225 | E0 RBRAC | E2 BCOMM | E4 ECOMM | E6 |
226 | E8 ECOML | EA | EC | EE |
227 | F0 | F2 | F4 | F6 |
228 | F8 | FA | FC | FE LENG |
229 +-----------------------------------------------+
230 * 50 EHDECL is also MOD2.
231 * 48 BSLINE is also BROWS.