On 14/04/08 00:09 +0200, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
Right. So my base is *not* "ELF is best", but it is "ELF is just fine for this, so why would we need another format, with all infrastructure overhead that requires?". So please start by explaining what is bad, or even just sub-optimal, in using ELF here.
Most of the arguments for why we don't use ELF today are not mine, and I wouldn't want to mis-state them.
I worry about how the payload chooser will enumerate and load the other payloads. As far as the name / notes issue is concerned, I'm not clear on how we can keep the headers uncompressed and be able to access individual segments in the ELF without eventually having to uncompress the whole thing.
I am also concerned about the extra step when we decompress to memory and then copy into place. How can we get around these issues and still call the result a true ELF file?
Jordan