ARM ELF

3.8 Special Sections Names

Various sections hold program and control information. Sections in the list below are specified in section 3 and section 4 of this specification.

Figure 3-25, Special sections names

Figure 3-26, Dynamic Section Names

_DYNAMIC

Figure 3-27, Dynamic Array Tags, d_tag

3.9 Pre-existing Extensions

There are naming conventions for ELF constants that have processor ranges specified. Names such as DT_, PT_, for processor specific extensions, incorporate the name of the processor: DT_M32_SPECIAL, for example. However, pre-existing processor extensions not using this convention will be supported.

Figure 3-28, Pre-existing Extensions

DT_JMP_REL

Section names reserved for a processor architecture are formed by placing an abbreviation of the architecture name ahead of the section name. The name should be taken from the architecture names used for e_machine. For instance .FOO.psect is the psect section defined by the FOO architecture. Existing extensions are called by their historical names.

Figure 3-29, Pre-existing Extensions