From 08e6d524312f5739e27566b25c0183d5e8a71926 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 11:56:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] elf.5: A few tweaks to Mike Frysinger's text (Mike to check) Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man5/elf.5 | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man5/elf.5 b/man5/elf.5 index 6e9fe32ed..3d253b78e 100644 --- a/man5/elf.5 +++ b/man5/elf.5 @@ -1840,11 +1840,12 @@ This is automatically populated by the linker. ELF notes allow for appending arbitrary information for the system to use. They are largely used by core files .RI ( e_type -of +o f .BR ET_CORE ), but many projects define their own set of extensions. For example, -the GNU project passes information from the linker to the C library. +the GNU tool chain uses ELF notes to information from +the linker to the C library. Note sections contain a series of notes (see the .I struct @@ -1886,7 +1887,7 @@ Keep in mind that the interpretation of depends on the namespace defined by the .I n_namesz field. -After, of course, whether the ELF image has been determined to be a core. +After, of course, having determined whether the ELF image is a core file. .in +4n .nf