Another round of typo fixes#84
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| 1) Load the ELF file in memory somewhere. | ||
| 2) Validate the ELF header by checking the machine type matches what we expect (is this an x86_64 program?). | ||
| 2) Validate the ELF header by checking the machine type matches what we expect (is this an x86_64 program?), this is usually done by parsing the `e_ident` member. |
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correct, but can drop the 'usually'. We know this is contained in the e_ident field, as per the spec. There is no other behaviour in a valid elf file.
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| - *The ELF header*: This contains the magic number used to identify it as an ELF, as well as information about the architecture the ELF was compiled for, the target operating system and other useful info. | ||
| - *The ELF header*: This contains the magic number used to identify it as an ELF, as well as information about the architecture the ELF was compiled for, the target operating system and other useful info. This is usually identified as the `e_ident` field. |
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