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Re: [PATCH] Replace ROUND with ALIGN_UP by p_align [BZ #22370]
On Nov 11 2017, "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> The full text is
>
> ---
> Note Section
>
> Sometimes a vendor or system builder needs to mark an object file with
> special information that other programs will check for conformance,
> compatibility, etc. Sections of type SHT_NOTE and program header
> elements of type PT_NOTE can be used for this purpose. The note
> information in sections and program header elements holds a variable
> amount of entries. In 64-bit objects (files with e_ident[EI_CLASS]
> equal to ELFCLASS64), each entry is an array of 8-byte words in the
> format of the target processor. In 32-bit objects (files with
> e_ident[EI_CLASS] equal to ELFCLASS32), each entry is an array of
> 4-byte words in the format of the target processor. Labels appear
> below to help explain note information organization, but they are not
> part of the specification.
> ---
>
> You tell me what note alignment in PT_NOTE segment is.
I still don't see any reference to the segment alignment.
Andreas.
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