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Re: [Xen-devel] ELF Notes for kernel image



Guys,
given that you "concur [that] the Xen elf note documentation is in a poor 
state", I was wondering whether we could fix this based on this discussion. 
Lars

> On 27 Oct 2015, at 16:17, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 27/10/15 16:03, Carl Patenaude Poulin wrote:
>> Hi Andrew,
>> 
>> Thank you so much for your help! In particular, I find your
>> xen-test-framework code to be very instructive.
> 
> It is intended to be so, but I have a few more bits and pieces to
> complete before I declare it v1 and formally release it to the public. 
> (Looks like that boat has sailed now.)
> 
>> I have a question about that code, though. I can't find any place
>> where you're specifying that .note should be loaded as a PT_NOTE ELF
>> header. Do you do that anywhere? Or is it done implicitly somehow?
> 
> The linker file (arch/x86/link.lds.S) places all .note.* sections into
> the top level .note section.
> 
> ~Andrew
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