[GHC] #11261: Implement DWARF debugging on powerpc64

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#11261: Implement DWARF debugging on powerpc64
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        Reporter:  trommler          |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.8.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.11
  (CodeGen)                          |
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Linux             |         Architecture:  powerpc64
 Type of failure:  Incorrect result  |            Test Case:  debug,
  at runtime                         |  T10667,
                                     |  simplCore/should_compile/T13658
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
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Comment (by admock):

 Replying to [comment:11 trommler]:
 > Replying to [comment:9 admock]:
 > > What's required to add this?
 > I have started work on this two years ago in my github repository
 > [https://github.com/trommler/ghc/tree/T11261].
 >
 > The issue where I got stuck was that I could not find a way to tell a
 function label apart from
 > other label types. In the ppc64 ABI a function label is the label of a
 function descriptor but
 > for debug information I need the label of the function code.

 Thanks.  I won't have any time to look at this for a couple of weeks, but
 I've wanted this a few times so I'll give it a shot.

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