Talk:Executable and Linkable Format

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"Linkable" to "Linking" Name Change from TIS 1.1 to TIS 1.2[edit]

I added the reference to the TIS 1.1 spec and removed the {citation needed} tag from the first mention of the pages name in the lede. I was hoping to find some acknowledgement or explanation in the TIS 1.2 ELF specification referenced concerning the change from the name "Executable and Linkable Format", which is found throughout the TIS 1.1 specification, to "Executable and Linking Format". Does anyone know of a source of information for why and when the name was changed, and whether it was in fact officially changed by the TIS committee? DonaldLflr (talk) 21:34, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong value of "e_phoff" in the attached diagram?[edit]

The example ELF header shown in the diagram is for a 32-bit architecture, so I think e_phoff field should have value 0x34, not 0x40. This would also require an adjustment in the "Program header table" part of the diagram (the heading before raw bytes of the section which currently reads "Offset:0x40/Address:0x8000040" should be changed to "Offset:0x34/Address:0x8000034"). 37.128.124.190 (talk) 08:58, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Typo (".shrtrtab") in the attached diagram[edit]

".shstrtab" is erroneously spelled as ".shrtrtab" in "SECTIONS' NAMES" and "SECTION HEADER TABLE" parts of the attached ELF format diagram. 37.128.124.190 (talk) 09:07, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reads like a fraction of a specification instead of just including the specification documents[edit]

Since this is an encyclopedia and the ELF specifications are very readable, why is this respecifying the format instead of referencing the specification or embedding an archived copy (if its copyright allows) ? TristanDC (talk) 09:47, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Because most of our technical articles are terrible paraphrases of the manual, and this is no exception. It needs the reference content removed entirely and reformatted around the format's purpose and use, like proper articles. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 09:05, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]