DBP Consulting

Hi, I'm Patrick Horgan and DBP Consulting is me. I love to write code, to design web pages, to debug, to shoot photos, and to write about it. I live in Silicon Valley and am happy to work for you. I'm also happy to relocate anywhere in the world for a fun job. If you need to contact me for web or linux system work…

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Linux x86 program start up – How the heck do we get to main()? (2011)

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This is for people who want to understand how programs get loaded under linux. In particular it talks about dynamically loaded x86 ELF files. The information you learn will let you understand how to debug problems that occur in your program before main starts up. Everything I tell you is true, but some things will be…