Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:21:57 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is Elf formatdocumented anywhere? Message-ID: <86r6gbmcfe.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <1200440766.478d45be80915@webmail.rawbw.com> (yuri@rawbw.com's message of "Tue\, 15 Jan 2008 15\:46\:06 -0800") References: <1200437163.478d37abc422c@webmail.rawbw.com> <20080115231958.GA64002@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <1200440766.478d45be80915@webmail.rawbw.com>
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Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> writes: > Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> writes: > > ELF is fairly well documented and standardized. > No, I would say ELF is somewhat documented. Do not confuse your inability or unwillingness to read a specification with the absence of such a specification. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format > These links only go that far. Eh? The Wikipedia article contains links to the complete specification for both the machine-independent and machine-dependent portions of ELF, as well as a number of third-party resources. > > You can also read the elf(5) manpage in FreeBSD > Not many details here too. Compared to absolutely *no* detail from you. The elf(5) manual page is almost 900 lines long; I don't think it would be unfair to ask you to write 9 lines (1%) explaining what it is you need that hasn't yet been provided. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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