[syslinux] How&Why to factor a com32 module into suitable for dynamic linking?

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Apr 4 18:25:51 PDT 2008


yuziyu wrote:
> It seems that the com32 module is a raw binary file without any control
> infomation. To factor it into suitable for dynamic linking, we need add
> some control sections, but can we still tell that file a com32 file ?
> why we use the elf file format directly?
> Thank you

I'd like to use the ELF format directly, because the all the toolchains 
support it, and it makes it easier to use linker code from elsewhere. 
If we want to, we could use the OS or ABI fields in the ELF header to 
mark it distinct.

	-hpa




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