ELF Segments and Page Size

From: Prakash Prabhu (prakash.prabhu_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: 18 Jan 2005 08:28:41 -0800

Hi,

Is there any relation between the size of the segments ( a set of
sections )
in an ELF File ( in its execution view ) and the page frame size ?
Do both of them have to be equal ie , does a segment always have to
fit into a page or can it span multiple pages ? What happens to the
remaining
space if it is less than the page size ?

Thanks,
Prakash

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