ELF for the Arm Architecture

This specification provides the processor-specific definitions required by ELF [SCO-ELF10] for Arm based systems.
The ELF specification is part of the larger System V ABI specification where it forms chapters 4 and 5. However, the specification can be used in isolation as a generic object and executable format.
Platform Standards (page 14) of this document covers ELF related matters that are platform specific. Most of this material is related to the Base Platform ABI.
Object Files (page 20) and Program Loading and Dynamic Linking (page 46) of this document are struc- tured to correspond to chapters 4 and 5 of the ELF specification. Specifically:
• Object Files (page 20) covers object files and relocations
• Program Loading and Dynamic Linking (page 46) covers program loading and dynamic linking. There are several drafts of the ELF specification on the SCO web site. This specification is based on the
December 2003 draft, which was the most recent stable draft at the time this specification was developed.