From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 677823958C06 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:53:14 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 677823958C06 Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-76-8kVZXGIsPkeILwcAZTQQaw-1; Mon, 19 Apr 2021 03:53:10 -0400 X-MC-Unique: 8kVZXGIsPkeILwcAZTQQaw-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 300DE18397A8; Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:53:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg.str.redhat.com (ovpn-113-20.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.113.20]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F5E219635; Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:53:07 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Szabolcs Nagy via Libc-help Cc: Peng Yu , Szabolcs Nagy Subject: Re: Best reference for understanding ELF format References: <20210419072902.GB9028@arm.com> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:53:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20210419072902.GB9028@arm.com> (Szabolcs Nagy via Libc-help's message of "Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:29:03 +0100") Message-ID: <87pmyq6780.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.11 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-help@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-help mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:53:24 -0000 * Szabolcs Nagy via Libc-help: > but since you asked for easy-to-follow and for > understanding elf i think the book is better. Agreed. Linkers and Loaders also covers non-ELF architectures, which sometimes helps to understand why things are in done in particular way in ELF. Thanks, Florian