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From: Dave Korn <dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: how to source level debug if I cannot see source embedded in  elf  	file
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loody wrote:

> mipsel-unknown-elf-ld -T ./link.xn -o TestCode.elf -Map TestCode.map
> --oformat elf32-littlemips  init.o reset.o atexit.o main.o -static
> -nostdlib -L/media/sdb1/newlib-1.17.0/build/mipsel/lib
> -L/root/bare_metal/x-tools/mipsel-unknown-elf/lib/gcc/mipsel-unknown-elf/4.2.4
>  -lc -lnullmon -lgcc

  Is your linker script discarding the debug info sections?  Look at "objdump
-h" of TestCode.elf and of one of the .o files for comparison; if the .o files
have debug info sections but not the .elf, the problem is probably there.

    cheers,
      DaveK