Appeal No. 96-2587
Application No. 08/035,750
18, 20, 22, 26 through 28, 35, 48, 50, 52, 56 and 57 have been
indicated by the examiner as being directed to allowable
subject matter.
The invention is directed to relocatable object code
format and a method for loading the relocatable object code
format into a computer system. The new format for the loader
section of a relocatable object code file and method based on
such format for loading a relocatable object code file into a
computer system memory for execution saves space occupied by
relocation table entries since such entries do not need to
contain a pointer to the particular information item whose
updating is governed by such entry.
Representative independent claim 36 is reproduced as
follows:
36. An information storage medium carrying a relocatable
file for loading into a computer system memory, said file
having a plurality of information items to be loaded into said
memory, certain ones of said information items having a
respective first address field containing a relocatable
address, said file further having a plurality of loading
instructions, including a first loading instruction which
specifies updating of the first address field of n consecutive
ones of said information items, n being specified in said
first loading instruction.
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