Eric W. Biederman wrote:
With ELF we get a single file format that works on multiple
architectures and for multiple OS-s, with well understood rules. This
allows for a broader audience who can review and maintain the code.
In addition to the real possibility of multi-architecture or multi-os
bootloaders.
Well understood MAYBE (although the "virtual" versus "physical" address
stuff in ELF is clearly misspecified in the extreme), but they are
clearly not sufficient for presenting a well-defined entry condition.
So it's not really anywhere near as straightforward as you make it sound.
-hpa
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