Linux Kernel Architecture

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Appendix E: The ELF Binary Format

Elf64_Off e_shoff; /* Section header table file offset */

Elf64_Word e_flags;

Elf64_Half e_ehsize;

Elf64_Half e_phentsize;

Elf64_Half e_phnum;

Elf64_Half e_shentsize;

Elf64_Half e_shnum;

Elf64_Half e_shstrndx;

} Elf64_Ehdr;

Table E-2: Architectures Supported by ELF

Value Architecture

EM_SPARC 32-bit Sparc

EM_SPARC32PLUS 32-bit Sparc (‘‘v8 Plus‘‘)

EM_SPARCV9 64-bit Sparc

EM_386andELF_486 IA-32

EM_IA_64 IA-64

EM_X86_64 AMD64

EM_68K Motorola 68k

EM_MIPS Mips

EM_PARISC Hewlet-Packard PA-Risc

EM_PPC PowerPC

EM_PPC64 PowerPC 64

EM_SH Hitachi SuperH

EM_S390 IBM S/390

EM_S390_OLD Former interim value for S390

EM_CRIS Axis Communications Cris

EM_V850 NEC v850

EM_H8_300H Hitachi H8/300H

EM_ALPHA Alpha AXP

EM_M32R Renseas M32R

EM_H8_300 Renseas H8/300

EM_FRV Fujitsu FR-V