Linux Standard Base Core Specification for X86
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II. Executable and Linking Format (ELF)

Table of Contents
6. Introduction
7. Low Level System Information
7.1. Machine Interface
7.1.1. Processor Architecture
7.1.2. Data Representation
7.2. Function Calling Sequence
7.2.1. Registers
7.2.2. Floating Point Registers
7.2.3. Stack Frame
7.2.4. Arguments
7.2.5. Return Values
7.3. Operating System Interface
7.3.1. Virtual Address Space
7.3.2. Processor Execution Mode
7.3.3. Exception Interface
7.3.4. Signal Delivery
7.4. Process Initialization
7.4.1. Special Registers
7.4.2. Process Stack (on entry)
7.4.3. Auxilliary Vector
7.4.4. Environment
7.5. Coding Examples
7.5.1. Introduction
7.5.2. Code Model Overview/Architecture Constraints
7.5.3. Position-Independent Function Prologue
7.5.4. Data Objects
7.5.5. Function Calls
7.5.6. Branching
7.6. C Stack Frame
7.6.1. Variable Argument List
7.6.2. Dynamic Allocation of Stack Space
7.7. Debug Information
8. Object Format
8.1. Introduction
8.2. ELF Header
8.2.1. Machine Information
8.3. Special Sections
8.3.1. Special Sections
8.4. Symbol Table
8.5. Relocation
8.5.1. Introduction
8.5.2. Relocation Types
9. Program Loading and Dynamic Linking
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Program Header
9.2.1. Introduction
9.2.2. Types
9.2.3. Flags
9.3. Program Loading
9.4. Dynamic Linking
9.4.1. Dynamic Section
9.4.2. Global Offset Table
9.4.3. Shared Object Dependencies
9.4.4. Function Addresses
9.4.5. Procedure Linkage Table
9.4.6. Initialization and Termination Functions
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