From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 21840 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2021 00:35:50 -0000 Received: from 1ess.inri.net (216.126.196.35) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 Jun 2021 00:35:50 -0000 Received: from mimir.eigenstate.org ([206.124.132.107]) by 1ess; Sat Jun 12 20:32:03 -0400 2021 Received: from abbatoir.myfiosgateway.com (pool-74-108-56-225.nycmny.fios.verizon.net [74.108.56.225]) by mimir.eigenstate.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 61b98ca4 (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256:NO) for <9front@9front.org>; Wed, 9 Jun 2021 20:05:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <031E3BA99801F96A5256D5E30EE463BB@eigenstate.org> To: 9front@9front.org Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2021 23:05:10 -0400 From: ori@eigenstate.org In-Reply-To: <33B60BAB203E253CB0ADF62326A8CB5D@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: ISO-certified out-scaling package rails Subject: Re: [9front] [PATCH] update a.out manpage to be 64 bit inclusive Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk Quoth jacob gw : > --- > diff fd9679d97b0bb7b8849f84f50c708d5f733708e1 ea21c85c5ced615ab90d7efca9a100596cf71333 > --- a/sys/man/6/a.out Sat Jun 5 09:40:28 2021 > +++ b/sys/man/6/a.out Sat Jun 5 14:48:10 2021 > @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ > Sizes are expressed in bytes. > The size of the header is not included in any of the other sizes. > .PP > +There may be an extra 8 bytes after the header on 64 bit systems. > +These bytes represent the entry point in a 64 bit address space. > +You can tell that these will be there if magic & HDR_MAGIC. How about this wording? When HDR_MAGIC is set, an 8 byte entry point is included in the header. This is used in place of the 4 byte header. > +.PP > When a Plan 9 binary file is executed, > a memory image of three segments is > set up: the text segment, the data segment, and the stack. > @@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ > entries, each laid out as: > .IP > .EX > -uchar value[4]; > +uchar value[4]; /* value[8] on 64 bit systems */ > char type; > char name[\f2n\fP]; /* NUL-terminated */ > .EE > @@ -141,6 +145,9 @@ > .TP > .B p > function parameter symbol > +.TP > +.B m > +frame symbol > .RE > .PD > .PP >