[PATCH] elf(5): add byte positions for all EI_xxx fields

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When describing e_ident, most of the EI_xxx defines mention the exact
byte number.  This is useful when manually hacking an ELF with a hex
editor.  However, the last few fields don't do this which means you
have to count things up yourself.  Add a single world to each so you
don't have to do that.

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man5/elf.5 | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man5/elf.5 b/man5/elf.5
index 8427244..e08987d 100644
--- a/man5/elf.5
+++ b/man5/elf.5
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ Two's complement, big-endian.
 .TP
 .PD 0
 .BR EI_VERSION
-The version number of the ELF specification:
+The seventh byte is the version number of the ELF specification:
 .\" .Bl -tag -width "EV_CURRENT" -compact
 .RS 12
 .TP 14
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Current version.
 .\".El
 .TP
 .BR EI_OSABI
-This byte identifies the operating system
+The eighth byte identifies the operating system
 and ABI to which the object is targeted.
 Some fields in other ELF structures have flags
 and values that have platform-specific meanings;
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Stand-alone (embedded) ABI.
 .RE
 .TP
 .BR EI_ABIVERSION
-This byte identifies the version of the ABI
+The ninth byte identifies the version of the ABI
 to which the object is targeted.
 This field is used to distinguish among incompatible versions of an ABI.
 The interpretation of this version number
-- 
1.8.1.2

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