--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# Generate files from a given dwarf.h
+
+cat - > src/mc/mc_dwarf_tagnames.cpp <<EOF
+/* Copyright (c) 2014. The SimGrid Team.
+ * All rights reserved. */
+
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
+
+/* Warning: autogenerated, do not edit! */
+
+#include <dwarf.h>
+
+#include <xbt/base.h>
+#include "mc_object_info.h"
+
+/** \brief Get the name of a dwarf tag (DW_TAG_*) from its code
+ *
+ * \param tag tag code (see the DWARF specification)
+ * \return name of the tag
+ */
+XBT_INTERNAL
+const char *MC_dwarf_tagname(int tag)
+{
+ switch (tag) {
+$(cat "$1" | grep DW_TAG_ | sed 's/.*\(DW_TAG_[^ ]*\) = \(0x[0-9a-f]*\).*/ case \2: return "\1";/')
+ case DW_TAG_invalid:
+ return "DW_TAG_invalid";
+ default:
+ return "DW_TAG_unknown";
+ }
+}
+EOF
+
+cat - > src/mc/mc_dwarf_attrnames.cpp << EOF
+/* Copyright (c) 2014. The SimGrid Team.
+ * All rights reserved. */
+
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
+
+/* Warning: autogenerated, do not edit! */
+
+#include <xbt/base.h>
+#include <dwarf.h>
+
+#include "mc_object_info.h"
+
+/** \brief Get the name of an attribute (DW_AT_*) from its code
+ *
+ * \param attr attribute code (see the DWARF specification)
+ * \return name of the attribute
+ */
+const char *MC_dwarf_attrname(int attr)
+{
+ switch (attr) {
+$(cat "$1" | grep DW_AT_ | sed 's/.*\(DW_AT_[^ ]*\) = \(0x[0-9a-f]*\).*/ case \2: return "\1";/')
+ default:
+ return "DW_AT_unknown";
+ }
+}
+EOF
