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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  number
	     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 ports 15.quarterly     September 12, 1998			BTXLD(8)

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