Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:21:20 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: emily.bckr@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: symbol table Message-ID: <20080420.232120.320085198.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <5124a9390804200202h535112dcx4005e9df6e5e0f5e@mail.gmail.com> References: <5124a9390804200202h535112dcx4005e9df6e5e0f5e@mail.gmail.com>
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"emily becker" <emily.bckr@gmail.com> writes:
: Hi,
:
: I have a question about symbol table.
: One of the section In symbol table is memory adress which symbol is located.
: I wonder if this memory adress is bound at run-time or compile-time?
Typically, run-time, but there are exceptions.
: if it is compile-time, I don't understand how do we know whether the symbol
: is located this adress.
The exceptions are for things like 'start' which live at a fixed
address by the ELF ABI specification for most processors.
Warner
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