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+/* Return OS ABI name
+   Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+   Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2001.
+
+   This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of either
+
+     * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or
+
+     * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or both in parallel, as here.
+
+   elfutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and
+   the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
+   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <libeblP.h>
+
+
+const char *
+ebl_osabi_name (Ebl *ebl, int osabi, char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+  const char *res = ebl != NULL ? ebl->osabi_name (osabi, buf, len) : NULL;
+
+  if (res == NULL)
+    {
+      if (osabi == ELFOSABI_NONE)
+	res = "UNIX - System V";
+      else if (osabi == ELFOSABI_HPUX)
+	res = "HP/UX";
+      else if (osabi == ELFOSABI_NETBSD)
+	res = "NetBSD";
+      else if (osabi == ELFOSABI_LINUX)
+	res = "Linux";
+      else if (osabi == ELFOSABI_SOLARIS)
+	res = "Solaris";
+      else if (osabi == ELFOSABI_AIX)
+	res = "AIX";
+      else if (osabi == ELFOSABI_IRIX)
+	res = "Irix";
+      else if (osabi == ELFOSABI_FREEBSD)
+	res = "FreeBSD";
+      else if (osabi == ELFOSABI_TRU64)
+	res = "TRU64";
+      else if (osabi == ELFOSABI_MODESTO)
+	res = "Modesto";
+      else if (osabi == ELFOSABI_OPENBSD)
+	res = "OpenBSD";
+      else if (osabi == ELFOSABI_ARM)
+	res = "Arm";
+      else if (osabi == ELFOSABI_STANDALONE)
+	res = gettext ("Stand alone");
+      else
+	{
+	  snprintf (buf, len, "%s: %d", gettext ("<unknown>"), osabi);
+
+	  res = buf;
+	}
+    }
+
+  return res;
+}