Re: embedding data in ELF (Re: moving ata initialisation to a command)

[Pavel Roskin]

On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 09:00 +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 06:36:07PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> > 
> > I'd prefer to support embedding filesystems in core.img instead.  This
> > solves the problem for every situation instead of just PC boot media
> > (e.g. LinuxBIOS ELF payload image).
> 
> Btw, any ELF wizard around?  I wonder if ELF has any provisions for embedding
> raw data to it.

You can add arbitrary sections, just make sure to avoid reserved names:
http://www.linux-foundation.org/spec/book/ELF-generic/ELF-generic/specialsections.html

objcopy supports --add-section, which can add sections from files.

Good starting point for information about ELF:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linking_Format

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin