Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 10:31:54 +0000 From: Philip Reynolds <philip.reynolds@rfc-networks.ie> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ELF branding / magic numbers Message-ID: <20040205103154.GA99852@rfc-networks.ie> In-Reply-To: <20040205095636.GF13932@FreeBSD.org.ua> References: <20040205083945.GB96509@rfc-networks.ie> <20040205095636.GF13932@FreeBSD.org.ua>
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Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> 35 lines of wisdom included: > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 08:39:45AM +0000, Philip Reynolds wrote: > [...] > > Does the magic number not then support multiple ABI's per system > > architecture, or is there some part of the puzzle I'm missing? > > > There's an EI_ABIVERSION byte following the EI_OSABI byte, which > is both documented in the elf(5) manpage, and is shown in the > ``readelf -h'' output. You misunderstood me. My question was why is there a need for a PT_NOTE section (which is a more convaluted way of branding and reading a brand of an elf binary) if the above sections exist? -- Philip Reynolds | RFC Networks Ltd. philip.reynolds@rfc-networks.ie | +353 (0)1 8832063 http://people.rfc-networks.ie/~phil/ | www.rfc-networks.ie
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