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On 10/3/2016 10:09 AM, Laszlo Ersek wrote:

> "BaseTools/Scripts/GccBase.lds" discards the gnu_debuglink section --
> intentionally, from commit efe690cab3fb5 ("BaseTools GCC: add unified
> GCC linker script for all archs and versions").
>
> If this section is necessary for debugging, then why does the DEBUG
> build work? In other words, why does the DEBUG build contain
> gnu_debuglink despite the discard rule? Ard, any idea?

tools_def.template contains a command to add it:

DEBUG_*_*_OBJCOPY_ADDDEBUGFLAG     = 
--add-gnu-debuglink=$(DEBUG_DIR)/$(MODULE_NAME).debug

I've followed up with the original email to say that adding a NOOPT line 
fixes debugging for me.

-- 
Bruce