Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 08:08:04 -0600 (MDT) From: "Mark J. Sommer" <msommer@argotsoft.com> To: didier@omnix.net (Didier Derny) Cc: os2_daemon@altavista.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is "ELF" ? Message-ID: <199810091408.IAA02109@argotsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981009134419.23603A-100000@omnix.net> from Didier Derny at "Oct 9, 98 01:52:00 pm"
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> On Fri, 9 Oct 1998 os2_daemon@altavista.net wrote: > > > > > I've seen so many ELFs around. > > Could anyone explain what's an ELF ? > > Thank's. > > according to the Webster: > ------------------------- > > 1- A small, often mischievous imaginary creature believed to possess > magical powers > 2- A mischievous child > 3- A dwarf. > > :-)))))) > > I also would like to know the meaning of "ELF". > > and in a few words the possibilities and the reason why it was so > important for FreBSD to move from a.out to elf. > > (I know that some people consider that this subject has been > debated too much on the mailing lists but I would like to know > why I have to tell my clients that the the applications I wrote several > years ago have problems with the new FreeBSD 3.0 and that I will have to > spend time to fix) I believe it stands for Executable and Linkable Format. You want to know more, go to http://www.wotsit.org/ and do a search on ELF. You'll be able to download the spec along with other executable file formats that show up with result set from the search. The spec is at ftp://ftp.intel.com/pub/tis/elf11g.zip. Don't know how definitive it is, because it surprises me that its hosted by Intel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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