tinyhello/README

This is a set of tiny Hello world executables for Linux.
All they do is

    write(1, "Hello!\n", 7)
    _exit(0)

but it's done in as little bytes as possible. This particular
implementation stores the string in ELF header padding and
squashes Ehdr against Phdr on little-endian targets.

For context and the origins of the size-reducing tricks, see

    http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/teensy.html
    http://mainisusuallyafunction.blogspot.com/2015/01/151-byte-static-linux-binary-in-rust.html
    http://hookrace.net/blog/nim-binary-size/

Unlike the x86-focused projects above, this one attempts
to be relatively portable. GNU binutils are used instead of nasm,
and it is expected to work well with cross-compiling toolchains.

For most configurations, run something like

    make ARCH=arm CROSS=arm-linux-gnueabi-

or set both variables in Makefile.
To build x86_32 with a native x86_64 toolchain, set

    AS = as --x32
    LD = ld -melf32_x86_64

Run resulting executables with appropriate qemu:

    qemu-arm ./hello_arm

Use -strace option to verify it's working properly.