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Roman Zippel wrote:
>> 	linux/elf-const.h	- ELF constants, includable by asm code
>>     
>
> BTW who's the maniac who tries to use this in asm code?
> Many of these constants are pretty useless without the corresponding 
> structure definitions.

I was for a while, in order to hand-craft ELF headers for the bzImage 
boot image, but I since changed it to define these structures from C.  
Still, its useful to have the constants separate, since they are used 
separate from their corresponding structures.

    J