From the author:

[This] updates [elf.5] from the enitial work I did in Queen's (UK) English to
American English, as is normal for the -doc project stuff.

Submitted by:	Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@wxs.nl>
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green 1999-12-03 23:31:08 +00:00
parent 06557349e2
commit 1e21c81f90

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@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ size (
), the
.Dq extra
bytes are defined to hold the value 0 and to follow the segment's
initialised area. The file size may not be larger than the memory size.
initialized area. The file size may not be larger than the memory size.
Loadable segment entries in the program header table appear in ascending
order, sorted on the
.Sy p_vaddr
@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ This member specifies the name of the section. Its value is an index
into the section header string table section, giving the location of
a null-terminated string.
.It Dv sh_type
This member categorises the section's contents and semantics.
This member categorizes the section's contents and semantics.
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "SHT_PROGBITS" -compact
.It Dv SHT_NULL
@ -751,8 +751,8 @@ fixed-size entries.
Various sections hold program and control information:
.Bl -tag -width ".shstrtab" -compact
.It .bss
This section holds uninitialised data that contributes to the program's
memory image. By definition, the system initialises the data with zeros
This section holds uninitialized data that contributes to the program's
memory image. By definition, the system initializes the data with zeros
when the program begins to run. This section is of type
.Sy SHT_NOBITS .
The attributes types are
@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ This section holds version control information. This section is of type
.Sy SHT_PROGBITS .
No attribute types are used.
.It .data
This section holds initialised data that contribute to the program's
This section holds initialized data that contribute to the program's
memory image. This section is of type
.Sy SHT_PROGBITS .
The attribute types are
@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ The attribute types are
and
.Sy SHF_WRITE .
.It .data1
This section holds initialised data that contribute to the program's
This section holds initialized data that contribute to the program's
memory image. This section is of type
.Sy SHT_PROGBITS .
The attribute types are
@ -825,12 +825,12 @@ The attribute used is
.Sy SHF_ALLOC .
.It .init
This section holds executable instructions that contribute to the process
initialisation code. When a program starts to run the system arranges to
initialization code. When a program starts to run the system arranges to
execute the code in this section before calling the main program entry point.
This section is of type
.Sy SHT_PROGBITS .
This section holds executable instructions that contribute to the process
initialisation code. When a program starts to run the system arranges to
initialization code. When a program starts to run the system arranges to
execute the code in this section before calling the main program entry point.
This section is of type
.Sy SHT_PROGBITS .