StupidOS/docs/COFF.txt

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File: Common Object File Format (COFF)
About: COFF File Structure
(start code)
+-----------------------+
| |
| File Header |
| |
+-----------------------+----
| | \
| Optional File Header | | Only for executable file
| (a.out header) | /
+-----------------------+----
| | \
| Section Header 1 | |
| | |
+-----------------------+ |
. . | Section Headers
. . |
+-----------------------+ |
| | |
| Section Header n | |
| | /
+-----------------------+----
| | \
| Section 1 Raw Data | |
| | |
+-----------------------+ |
. . | Raw data
. . | (Executable Code and Initialized Data)
+-----------------------+ |
| | |
| Section n Raw Data | |
| | /
+-----------------------+----
| | \
| Section 1 Relocation | |
| Information | |
+-----------------------+ |
. . | Relocation
. . | Information
+-----------------------+ |
| | |
| Section n Relocation | |
| Information | /
+-----------------------+----
| |
| Symbol Table |
| |
+-----------------------+
| |
| String Table |
| |
+-----------------------+
(end)
About: File Header
| Type | Description |
|----------+---------------------------------|
| uint16_t | Version ID (~0x014c~ for i386) |
| uint16_t | Number of section headers |
| uint32_t | Timestamp |
| uint32_t | Symtab address |
| uint32_t | Number of entries in the symtab |
| uint16_t | Optional header size |
| uint16_t | Flags |