Search Results: ELF

When linking Rust binaries with Wild—a blazing-fast open source linker—on Illumos triggered mysterious SIGKILL errors, a developer embarked on a deep dive using DTrace and kernel forensics. This detective story reveals how ELF header quirks and Clang driver limitations were overcome, offering lessons for cross-platform toolchain development.

The ELF object file format underpins nearly all modern Unix-like systems, yet its governance has been entangled in decades of corporate transitions and legal battles. This deep dive traces ELF's evolution from its USL origins through the SCO lawsuits to its current maintenance limbo, exploring what it means for the future of open standards and platform interoperability.