include/binary.h File Reference

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Detailed Description

Binary Loader Definitions.

Author:

John Hodge (thePowersGang)

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Data Structures
struct	tBinaryPage
	Representation of a page in a binary file. More...
struct	tBinary
	Defines a binary file. More...
struct	tBinaryType
	Binary type definition. More...
Defines
Binary Page Flags
Flags for tBinaryPage.Flags
#define	BIN_PAGEFLAG_RO   0x0001
	Read-only.
#define	BIN_PAGEFLAG_EXEC   0x0002
	Executable.
Functions
char *	Binary_RegInterp (char *Path)
	Registers an interpreter path with the binary loader.
int	Binary_RegisterType (tBinaryType *Type)
	Registers a binary type with the kernel's loader.

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Function Documentation

char* Binary_RegInterp

(

char *

Path

)

Registers an interpreter path with the binary loader.

Parameters:

Path

Path to the requested interpreter (need not be a "true" path)

Returns:

Pointer to the cached string

Speeds up checking if the intepreter is loaded in the kernel by allowing the search to use pointer comparisons instead of string comparisons.

int Binary_RegisterType

(

tBinaryType *

Type

)

Registers a binary type with the kernel's loader.

Parameters:

Type

Pointer to the loader's type structure

Returns:

Boolean success

Note:

The structure Type must be persistant (usually it will be a constant global variable)

This function tells the binary loader about a new file type, and gives it the functions to read the type into a tBinary structure, relocate it and to find the value of symbols defined within the binary.