ELF notes allow for appending arbitrary information for the system to use.
They are largely used by core files
.RI ( e_type
-of
+o f
.BR ET_CORE ),
but many projects define their own set of extensions.
For example,
-the GNU project passes information from the linker to the C library.
+the GNU tool chain uses ELF notes to information from
+the linker to the C library.
Note sections contain a series of notes (see the
.I struct
depends on the namespace defined by the
.I n_namesz
field.
-After, of course, whether the ELF image has been determined to be a core.
+After, of course, having determined whether the ELF image is a core file.
.in +4n
.nf