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BTXLD(8)		    System Manager's Manual		      BTXLD(8)

NAME
       btxld --	link editor for	BTX clients

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

DESCRIPTION
       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 num-
	       ber of pages occupied by	the combined .text and .data  segments
	       of the client image.

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

SEE ALSO
       ld(1), boot(8)

AUTHORS
       Robert Nordier <rnordier@FreeBSD.org>

FreeBSD	14.3		      September	12, 1998		      BTXLD(8)

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