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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-01-17 17:48:56 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-01-17 17:48:56 +0000
commit555a11a92bdf70de2eb5f79169dbd13ba4f519ca (patch)
tree2a143be10f5e6fbb9ec19f8476c6c64683430bb3 /share/man/man5/elf.5
parent9c0ba3667445c6410389c268a0e64db454f86d34 (diff)
Improve wording a bit; elf(5) was obviously written by a non-native
speaker of English and needs more help.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man5/elf.5')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/elf.520
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/elf.5 b/share/man/man5/elf.5
index 4ff5dbcc076..f5efb5b969c 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/elf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/elf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: elf.5,v 1.2 2003/01/17 17:36:04 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: elf.5,v 1.3 2003/01/17 17:48:55 millert Exp $
.\"Copyright (c) 1999 Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
.\"All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -406,11 +406,11 @@ is an undefined symbol.
.It Dv SHN_LORESERVE
This value specifies the lower bound of the range of reserved indexes.
.It Dv SHN_LOPROC
-This value up to and including
+Values greater than or equal to
.Sy SHN_HIPROC
is reserved for processor-specific semantics.
.It Dv SHN_HIPROC
-This value down to and including
+Values less than or equal to
.Sy SHN_LOPROC
is reserved for processor-specific semantics.
.It Dv SHN_ABS
@@ -538,11 +538,11 @@ only occur if the program header table is part of the memory image of the
program.
If it is present it must precede any loadable segment entry.
.It Dv PT_LOPROC
-This value up to and including
+Values greater than or equal to
.Sy PT_HIPROC
is reserved for processor-specific semantics.
.It Dv PT_HIPROC
-This value down to and including
+Value less than or equal to
.Sy PT_LOPROC
is reserved for processor-specific semantics.
.El
@@ -632,19 +632,19 @@ section reference.
.It Dv SHN_LORESERVE
This value specifies the lower bound of the range of reserved indices.
.It Dv SHN_LOPROC
-This value up to and including
+Values greater than or equal to
.Sy SHN_HIPROC
is reserved for processor-specific semantics.
.It Dv SHN_HIPROC
-This value down to and including
+Values less than or equal to
.Sy SHN_LOPROC
is reserved for processor-specific semantics.
.It Dv SHN_ABS
-This value specifies absolute values for the corresponding reference.
+This value specifies the absolute value for the corresponding reference.
For
-example, symbols defined relative to section number
+example, a symbol defined relative to section number
.Sy SHN_ABS
-have absolute values and are not affected by relocation.
+has an absolute value and is not affected by relocation.
.It Dv SHN_COMMON
Symbols defined relative to this section are common symbols, such as FORTRAN
COMMON or unallocated C external variables.