ELF is for the Linux loader to load the program to execute. There isn't a loader during the booting period, so why does vmlinux need to be in ELF syntax rather than simple the machine code that the processor can directly run?
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ELF is for the Linux loader to load the program to execute. There isn't a loader during the booting period, so why does vmlinux need to be in ELF syntax rather than simple the machine code that the processor can directly run?