NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     btxld -- link editor for BTX clients

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     btxld [-qv] [-b file] [-E address] [-e address] [-f format] [-l file]
	   [-o filename] [-P page] [-W page] file

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The btxld utility binds the specified client executable together with a
     BTX loader program and the BTX kernel, and creates a composite object
     file suitable for loading during the boot process.

     The options are:

     -q      Quiet: inhibit warnings.

     -v      Verbose: display information about the files processed.

     -b file
	     Specify the BTX kernel to be bound with the client.

     -E address
	     Set the client entry point.

     -e address
	     Set the BTX loader entry point.

     -f format
	     Specify the output format, where format is one of `bin', `aout',
	     or `elf'.

     -l file
	     Specify the BTX loader to be bound with the client.

     -o filename
	     Name the output file.  The default is ``a.out''.

     -P page
	     Specify the first page of the client's segment to be marked
	     `present', where page may be 0 or 1.

     -W page
	     Specify the first page of the client's segment to be marked
	     `writable', where page may be 0, and should not exceed the number
	     of pages occupied by the combined .text and .data segments of the
	     client image.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     ld(1), boot(8)

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The btxld utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     Robert Nordier <[email protected]>.


FreeBSD 5.2.1		      September 12, 1998		 FreeBSD 5.2.1