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Re: Documentation reference request - Relocating self contained ELF image (boot loader)


Thank you Nick,

This was exactly what I was looking for :)

Regards,


Graeme

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:35 PM, Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Graeme,
>
>> .dynsym
>> .dynamic
>> .data.rel
>> .data.rel.local
>> .data.rel.ro.local
>> .got.plt
>> .got
>> .rel.got
>> .rel.text
>> .rel.u_boot_cmd
>> .rel.data.rel
>> .rel.data.rel.ro.local
>> .rel.data.rel.local
>
>> Can anyone point me towards documentation which describes the
>> contents of these sections and how they need to be processed in order
>> to complete the relocation?
>
> See:
>
> http://www.caldera.com/developers/gabi/2001-04-24/contents.html
>
> Especially the sub-chapters on "Special Sections" and "Relocations" and the
> chapter on "Program Loading and Dynamic Linking".
>
> Also have a look at the sources for glibc, particularly the code for its
> dynamic linker.
>
> Cheers
>  Nick
>


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