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44 utility compresses a kernel or some other bootable binary. Operation
45 is in two phases as follows:
48 A load image of the executable file is built which omits all but
53 segments. This image is compressed using
55 and output as data in relocatable object format.
57 The object file is linked with a special self-hosting loader, producing
58 an executable suitable for booting with either the second- or
59 third-level bootstraps.
62 Supported object formats are 32-bit ELF and a.out ZMAGIC.
68 suffix, input is assumed to be for the link phase, and the first phase
76 Display object file information.
80 as the output format, where
86 The default format is ELF.
94 The default is to use the input name with the suffix
101 Global variables equivalent to the following are defined in the output:
104 char ident[4]; /* identification: "KGZ" */
105 uint32_t dload; /* decoded image load address */
106 uint32_t dsize; /* decoded image size */
107 uint32_t isize; /* image size in memory */
108 uint32_t entry; /* entry point */
109 uint32_t nsize; /* encoded image size */
112 uint8_t kgz_ndata[]; /* encoded data */
115 The encoded data is simply
117 output: a header (with no optional fields); compressed data; and 32-bit
120 .Bl -tag -width /usr/lib/kgzldr.o -compact
121 .It Pa /usr/lib/kgzldr.o
134 .An Robert Nordier Aq rnordier@FreeBSD.org .
136 As symbols are lost, the usefulness of this utility for compressing
137 kernels is limited to situations where
139 cannot be used; otherwise the preferred method of compressing a kernel