2008/198: elfwrap - wrap data in an ELF file

[Roland Mainz]

Rod Evans wrote:
> I'm sponsoring the following case for myself.   This case qualifies for
> Architectural self-review, but I wish to record the following
> information.
> 
[snip]
>   User Commands                                         elfwrap(1)
> 
>   NAME
>       elfwrap - wrap data in an ELF file
> 
>   SYNOPSIS
>       elfdump [-64] [-o relobj-file] [-z target=sparc | x86]
>       data-file...

Shouldn't this be "elfwrap" instead of "elfdump" ? :-)

>   DESCRIPTION
[snip]
>       The basename(1) of each data file is used to create  various
>       pieces  of  ELF information.  For example, if the input data
>       file is  ISV/isv-data,  the  following  ELF  information  is
>       created within the relocatable object.

What about adding an option to override "basename" with a different
string ?

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Bye,
Roland

P.S.: The data are read-only, right ? Or can I create read-write data
sections with this utilty, too ?

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