Section Header Structure
Table A–6. Section Header Flags
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Table A–6 lists the flags that can appear in the section header. The flags can
be combined. For example, if the flag's word is set to 024h, both
STYP_GROUP and STYP_TEXT are set.
Mnemonic
Flag
STYP_REG
0000h
STYP_DSECT
0001h
STYP_NOLOAD 0002h
STYP_GROUP
0004h
STYP_PAD
0008h
STYP_COPY
0010h
STYP_TEXT
0020h
STYP_DATA
0040h
STYP_BSS
0080h
STYP_ALIGN
0700h
Note:
The term loaded means that the raw data for this section appears in the object file.
The flags are in:
36 and 37
Description
Regular section (allocated, relocated, loaded)
Dummy section (relocated, not allocated, not loaded)
Noload section (allocated, relocated, not loaded)
Grouped section (formed from several input sections)
Padding section (loaded, not allocated, not relocated)
Copy section (relocated, loaded, but not allocated; relo-
cation and line-number entries are processed normally)
Section that contains executable code
Section that contains initialized data
Section that contains uninitialized data
Section that is aligned on a page boundary
Bytes
For This COFF Format
COFF1
40 to 43
COFF2
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