Re: [Bug binutils/273] FAIL: size -A

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Dave,

> -bash-2.05b$ ./size -A tmpdir/bintest.o
> tmpdir/bintest.o  :
> section       size   addr
> $TEXT$           8      0
> $CODE$           8      0
> $LIT$            0      0
> $MILLICODE$      0      0
> $PRIVATE$        8      0
> $DATA$           8      0
> $BSS$            0      0
> Total           32
>
> The problem with the total is that we are double counting.  The $CODE$,
> $LIT$ and $MILLICODE$ subspace make up the space $TEXT$.  $DATA$ and
> $BSS$ make up the space $PRIVATE$.  Here are the details:

Hmm - it seems to me that we must either teach the size program about 
subspaces as a generic thing, or else have a target specific extension 
to the program which can display sections and sub-spaces specifically 
for the SOM format.

Personally I tend towards the latter as it could be contained in a 
separate file and only minimally intrudce into the generic size sources.

Cheers
  Nick