[OE-core] [PATCH v2] libunwind: add aarch64 support

[Randy MacLeod]

On 2016-09-20 07:57 AM, Fathi Boudra wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 20 September 2016 at 05:12, ChenQi <Qi.Chen at windriver.com
> <mailto:Qi.Chen at windriver.com>> wrote:
>> On 09/26/2014 05:59 PM, Fathi Boudra wrote:
>>>
>>> * pass --enable-debug-frame on aarch64 architecture
>>
>>
>> Hi Fathi,
>>
>> I'm now dealing with a problem related to libunwind support on aarch64.
>> Could you please tell me why '--enable-debug-frame' is needed for aarch64?
>
> libunwind needs to be configured with --enable-debug-frame to prevent a
> linkage error.
> Note: --enable-debug-frame is automatically selected on ARM32, not on ARM64.
>

Thanks.
We dropped the configuration flag and don't see any linking/linkage
problems yet. Can you be more specific about the problems encountered?

Our goal is to make tcmalloc from gperftools work on ARM64.

../Randy

>> Best Regards,
>> Chen Qi
>
> Cheers,
> Fathi
>
>


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