Re: [microblaze-uclinux] bootstrap code

[Greg Ungerer <gerg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jozsef,

jozsef imrek wrote:
> john you are right, the necceseary information is present.
> 
> as i understood the elf format is redundant per design. the various
> information on the sections/segments (size, position in file, position in
> memory, etc) are stored at two places: in the section headers and in the
> program headers. they are not the same, but redundant.
> 
> reading the first few sentences of this:
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/manual/ld-2.9.1/html_node/ld_23.html#SEC23
> 
> and  'man elf' (those parts which are talking about program headers)
> 
> i think that the program headers are created exactly for program/boot
> loaders. you can load the elf file based on the section headers (and i
> think the examples you pointed greg are working this way), but if possible
> i would rather use the program headers.

Ok, interresting. Can objcopy also create/set values in the program
headers?

Regards
Greg


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