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elf(5): Further details on Notes
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ELF notes allow for appending arbitrary information for the system to use.
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They are largely used by core files
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.RI ( e_type
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o f
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of
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.BR ET_CORE ),
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but many projects define their own set of extensions.
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For example,
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the GNU tool chain uses ELF notes to information from
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the GNU tool chain uses ELF notes to pass information from
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the linker to the C library.
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Note sections contain a series of notes (see the
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@ -1893,7 +1893,12 @@ Keep in mind that the interpretation of
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depends on the namespace defined by the
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.I n_namesz
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field.
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After, of course, having determined whether the ELF image is a core file.
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If the
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.I n_namesz
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field is not set (e.g., is 0), then there are two sets of notes:
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one for core files and one for all other ELF types.
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If the namespace is unknown, then tools will usually fallback to these sets
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of notes as well.
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.in +4n
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.nf
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Notes used by all core files.
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These are highly operating system or architecture specific and often require
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close coordination with kernels, C libraries, and debuggers.
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These are used when the namespace is the default (i.e.,
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.B n_namesz
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will be set to 0), or a fallback when the namespace is unknown.
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.RS
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.TP 21
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.PD 0
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The desc contains the GNU Gold linker version used.
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.RE
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.TP
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.B Unknown system
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The fallback set of note types when the namespace is unknown.
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Usually the name field will be omitted (i.e.,
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.B Default/unknown namespace (e_type != ET_CORE)
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These are used when the namespace is the default (i.e.,
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.B n_namesz
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will be set to 0).
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will be set to 0), or a fallback when the namespace is unknown.
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.RS
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.TP 21
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.PD 0
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