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From: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mkelf32: Correct sh_link
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:21:52 +0000
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On 3/1/07 15:14, "Christoph Egger" <Christoph.Egger@amd.com> wrote:

>> Why do you strip the symbol table and re-add it in an unusual format
>> when linking the bootable ELF image? Is this a historical relict?
> 
> Ah, sorry! I actually meant: Why do you strip the symbol and string tables
> and re-add the string table in an unusal format?
> Is this a historical relict?

It isn't the symbol-name string table: look at how short it is! It's the
section-header string table. I believe all Elf images require one of those
(not least because some section names have special meaning).

 -- Keir