Re: [Dotgnu-libjit] status of `libJIT ELF writer` & `loader of object code`

[Kirill Kononenko]

Hello,


This is an open task.

> Hello all,
> Recently I was into reverse engineering. It developed interest in Linking,
> Loading &  binary formats (PE/COFF, ELF).  I've studied & explored these
> formats.
> I want to get a hands on experience with linker & binary formats. I was
> searching for Gnu binutils(`ld` & `gold`)  but landed up on the GSoC
> page: http://www.gnu.org/software/soc-projects/ideas-2009.html#dotgnu
> I'm interested in "libJIT ELF writer". From the archives I could see that,
> its been a pending task since 2006. I want to know its current status? If
> its done, I could also add support for other binary container formats like
> PE/COFF.

I don't think somebody is active on this. We can store machine code
into an image and load it. Nevertheless, ELF support is an open
problem

Your code will be welcome. In case you plan to work on this please
tell us more abut yourself and your interests.

> After browsing through. I'm little confused too. Is this project still under
> active development? Because, I found few dead links. Less activity in
> mailing lists. No recent releases. I'm even not completely sure if I'm in
> correct mailing list.
> Somebody please clarify and give me a kick start. I'm going through the
> project and getting familiar but please suggest any documentation that I
> should be reading for clear understanding.
> By the way. I'm not new to programming using C,C++, C# .NET.
> Regards,
> Dilip Kumar
>
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Regards,
Kirill