Updated in 2024-01. Branch target Many architectures encode a branch/jump/call instruction with PC-relative addressing, i.e. the distance to the target is encoded in the instruction. In an executable| MaskRay
In order for a OS to execute a program, the OS kernel has to load the program into RAM (or partial of the program for XIP). The kernel loader needs to know how and where to load each segments of the program.| My embedded system development
This article describes target-specific details about Power ISA in ELF linkers. Initially there was IBM POWER. The 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance created PowerPC. In 2006, the architecture was rebran| MaskRay