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elf{32,64}_xlateto[fm]() translation functions. This change makes our
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd July 24, 2006
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.Os
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.Dt GELF_XLATETOF 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm elf32_xlate ,
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.Nm elf64_xlate ,
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.Nm gelf_xlate
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.Nd translate data between files and memory
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libelf
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In libelf.h
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.Ft "Elf_Data *"
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.Fn elf32_xlatetof "Elf_Data *dst" "Elf_Data *src" "unsigned int encode"
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.Ft "Elf_Data *"
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.Fn elf32_xlatetom "Elf_Data *dst" "Elf_Data *src" "unsigned int encode"
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.Ft "Elf_Data *"
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.Fn elf64_xlatetof "Elf_Data *dst" "Elf_Data *src" "unsigned int encode"
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.Ft "Elf_Data *"
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.Fn elf64_xlatetom "Elf_Data *dst" "Elf_Data *src" "unsigned int encode"
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.In gelf.h
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.Ft "Elf_Data *"
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.Fo gelf_xlatetof
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.Fa "Elf *elf"
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.Fa "Elf_Data *dst"
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.Fa "Elf_Data *src"
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.Fa "unsigned int encode"
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.Fc
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.Ft "Elf_Data *"
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.Fo gelf_xlatetom
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.Fa "Elf *elf"
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.Fa "Elf_Data *dst"
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.Fa "Elf_Data *src"
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.Fa "unsigned int encode"
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.Fc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These functions translate between the file and memory representations
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of ELF data structures.
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The in-memory representation of an ELF data structure would confirm to
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the byte ordering and data alignment restrictions dictated by the host
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processor.
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A file representation of the same data structure could use a non-native byte
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ordering and in addition may be laid out differently with the file.
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.Pp
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Functions
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.Fn elf32_xlatetom ,
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.Fn elf64_xlatetom ,
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and
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.Fn gelf_xlatetom
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translate data from file representations to native, in-memory representations.
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Functions
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.Fn elf32_xlatetof ,
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.Fn elf64_xlatetof ,
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and
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.Fn gelf_xlatetof
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translate data from in-memory representations to file representations.
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.Pp
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Argument
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.Ar src
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denotes an
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.Vt Elf_Data
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descriptor describing the source to be translated.
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The following elements of the descriptor need to be set before
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invoking these functions:
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.Bl -hang -offset indent
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.It Va d_buf
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Set to a valid pointer value denoting the beginning of the data area
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to be translated.
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.It Va d_size
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Set to the total size in bytes of the source data area to be
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translated.
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.It Va d_type
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Set to the type of the source data being translated.
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This value is one of the values defined in the
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.Vt Elf_Type
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enumeration.
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The
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.Vt Elf_Type
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enumeration is described in
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.Xr elf 3 .
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.It Va d_version
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Set to the version number of the ELF data structures being
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translated.
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Currently only version
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.Dv EV_CURRENT
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is supported.
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.El
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.Pp
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Argument
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.Ar dst
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describes the destination buffer.
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The following elements of the
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.Vt Elf_Data
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descriptor need to be set before invoking these functions:
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.Bl -hang -offset indent
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.It Va d_buf
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Set to a valid pointer value that denotes the start of the destination
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buffer that will hold translated data.
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This value may be the same as that of the source buffer, in which case
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an in-place conversion will be attempted.
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.It Va d_size
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Set to the size of the destination buffer in bytes.
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This value will be modified if the function call succeeds.
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.It Va d_version
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Set to the desired version number of the destination.
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Currently only version
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.Dv EV_CURRENT
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is supported.
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.El
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.Pp
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These translations routines allow the source and destination buffers
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to coincide, in which case an in-place translation will be done
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if the destination is large enough to hold the translated data.
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Other kinds of overlap between the source and destination buffers
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are not permitted.
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.Pp
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On successful completion of the translation request the following
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fields of the
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.Ar dst
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descriptor would be modified:
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.Bl -hang -offset indent
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.It Va d_size
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Set to the size in bytes of the translated data.
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.It Va d_type
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Set to the
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.Va d_type
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value of the source data descriptor.
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.El
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.Pp
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Argument
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.Ar encode
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specifies the encoding in which the file objects are represented.
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It must be one of:
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.Bl -hang -offset indent
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.It Dv ELFDATANONE
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File objects use the library's native byte ordering.
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.It Dv ELFDATA2LSB
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File objects use a little-endian ordering.
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.It Dv ELFDATA2MSB
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File objects use a big-endian ordering.
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.El
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.Pp
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The functions
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.Fn gelf_xlatetof
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and
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.Fn gelf_xlatetom
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select the appropriate 32 or 64 bit translations based on the class of argument
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.Ar elf .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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These functions return argument
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.Ar dst
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if successful, or NULL in case of an error.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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TODO
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.Sh ERRORS
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These functions may fail with the following errors:
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.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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One of arguments
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.Ar src ,
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.Ar dst
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or
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.Ar elf
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was NULL.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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Arguments
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.Ar src
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and
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.Ar dst
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were equal.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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The desired encoding parameter was not one of
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.Dv ELFDATANONE ,
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.Dv ELFDATA2LSB
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or
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.Dv ELFDATA2MSB .
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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The
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.Ar d_type
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field of argument
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.Ar src
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specified an unsupported type.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_DATA
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The
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.Ar src
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argument specified a buffer size that was not an integral multiple of
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its underlying type.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_DATA
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The
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.Ar dst
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argument specified a buffer size that was too small.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_DATA
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Argument
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.Ar dst
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specified a destination buffer that overlaps with the source
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buffer.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_DATA
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The destination buffer for a conversion to memory had an alignment
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inappropriate for the underlying ELF type.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_DATA
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The source buffer for a conversion to file had an alignment
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inappropriate for the underlying ELF type.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_UNIMPL
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The version numbers for arguments
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.Ar dst
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and
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.Ar src
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were not identical.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_UNIMPL
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The argument
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.Ar src
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requested conversion for a type which is not currently
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supported.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_VERSION
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Argument
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.Ar src
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specified an unsupported version number.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr elf 3 ,
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.Xr elf_getdata 3 ,
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.Xr gelf 3
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