Linux Standard Base Core Specification for AMD64 3.2
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II. Executable and Linking Format (ELF)

Table of Contents
7. Introduction
8. Low Level System Information
8.1. Machine Interface
8.1.1. Processor Architecture
8.1.2. Data Representation
8.2. Function Calling Sequence
8.2.1. Introduction
8.2.2. Registers
8.2.3. Floating Point Registers
8.2.4. Stack Frame
8.2.5. Arguments
8.2.6. Return Values
8.3. Operating System Interface
8.3.1. Exception Interface
8.3.2. Virtual Address Space
8.4. Process Initialization
8.4.1. Special Registers
8.4.2. Process Stack (on entry)
8.4.3. Auxiliary Vector
8.5. Coding Examples
8.5.1. Code Model Overview/Architecture Constraints
8.5.2. Position-Independent Function Prologue
8.5.3. Data Objects
8.5.4. Function Calls
8.5.5. Branching
8.6. C Stack Frame
8.6.1. Variable Argument List
8.7. Debug Information
9. Object Format
9.1. Introduction
9.2. ELF Header
9.2.1. Machine Information
9.3. Sections
9.3.1. Introduction
9.3.2. Special Sections
9.3.3. Additional Special Sections
9.4. Symbol Table
9.5. Relocation
10. Program Loading and Dynamic Linking
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Program Header
10.3. Program Loading
10.4. Dynamic Linking
10.4.1. Introduction
10.4.2. Dynamic Section
10.4.3. Global Offset Table
10.4.4. Function Addresses
10.4.5. Procedure Linkage Table
10.4.6. Initialization and Termination Functions
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