> However, I think a dedicated tag (PT_CAPABILITIES?
No, this is not necessary. The key to data in the note section is a
"string" which freely can be chosen. Simply use a prefix "linux" and
I bet no other OS will use this.
> -- anyone willing to
> lobby for an official number? ... anyway, one can always use a number from
> PT_LOPROC..PT_HIPROC) would be better. Yes, it would be necessary to hack
> bfd a bit to create such a segment when it finds a certain section
Again, no. I already said it's easy to add new data to the note
section since this functionality is already in place.
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