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'''Executable and Linking Format''' ('''ELF''') is the extension used on Wii mode Wii homebrew files. It is a standard format used for executable files, object files and shared libraries on most modern unix like systems. By design, ELF is flexible, extensible, and cross-platform, not bound to any given central processing unit (CPU) or instruction set architecture. This has allowed it to be adopted by many different operating systems on many different hardware platforms.
==Platforms==
In the context of game console homebrew software, the ELF format is used on the following platforms:
* [[Nintendo Wii]]
* [[Sony PlayStation Portable|Sony PSP]]
== Tools ==
* <code>readelf</code> is a Unix binary utility that displays information about one or more ELF files. A free software implementation is provided by GNU Binutils.
* <code>elfutils</code> provides alternative tools to GNU Binutils purely for Linux.
* <code>elfdump</code> is a command for viewing ELF information in an ELF file, available under Solaris and FreeBSD.
* <code>objdump</code> provides a wide range of information about ELF files and other object formats. <code>objdump</code> uses the Binary File Descriptor library as a back-end to structure the ELF data.
* The Unix <code>file</code> utility can display some information about ELF files, including the instruction set architecture for which the code in a relocatable, executable, or shared object file is intended, or on which an ELF core dump was produced.
==Platforms==
In the context of game console homebrew software, the ELF format is used on the following platforms:
* [[Nintendo Wii]]
* [[Sony PlayStation Portable|Sony PSP]]
== Tools ==
* <code>readelf</code> is a Unix binary utility that displays information about one or more ELF files. A free software implementation is provided by GNU Binutils.
* <code>elfutils</code> provides alternative tools to GNU Binutils purely for Linux.
* <code>elfdump</code> is a command for viewing ELF information in an ELF file, available under Solaris and FreeBSD.
* <code>objdump</code> provides a wide range of information about ELF files and other object formats. <code>objdump</code> uses the Binary File Descriptor library as a back-end to structure the ELF data.
* The Unix <code>file</code> utility can display some information about ELF files, including the instruction set architecture for which the code in a relocatable, executable, or shared object file is intended, or on which an ELF core dump was produced.
