From 140b7ce5fff6fc660b2484dfd9d33ed2e42ec5a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Crosthwaite Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 11:30:21 +0000 Subject: loader: load_elf(): Add doc comment Document the usage of load_elf() for clarity on current features. Signed-off-by: Peter Crosthwaite Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell --- include/hw/loader.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/hw/loader.h') diff --git a/include/hw/loader.h b/include/hw/loader.h index 358da55eb6..5485906095 100644 --- a/include/hw/loader.h +++ b/include/hw/loader.h @@ -44,6 +44,29 @@ int load_image_gzipped(const char *filename, hwaddr addr, uint64_t max_sz); #define ELF_LOAD_WRONG_ARCH -3 #define ELF_LOAD_WRONG_ENDIAN -4 const char *load_elf_strerror(int error); + +/** load_elf: + * @filename: Path of ELF file + * @translate_fn: optional function to translate load addresses + * @translate_opaque: opaque data passed to @translate_fn + * @pentry: Populated with program entry point. Ignored if NULL. + * @lowaddr: Populated with lowest loaded address. Ignored if NULL. + * @highaddr: Populated with highest loaded address. Ignored if NULL. + * @bigendian: Expected ELF endianness. 0 for LE otherwise BE + * @elf_machine: Expected ELF machine type + * @clear_lsb: Set to mask off LSB of addresses (Some architectures use + * this for non-address data) + * + * Load an ELF file's contents to the emulated system's address space. + * Clients may optionally specify a callback to perform address + * translations. @pentry, @lowaddr and @highaddr are optional pointers + * which will be populated with various load information. @bigendian and + * @elf_machine give the expected endianness and machine for the ELF the + * load will fail if the target ELF does not match. Some architectures + * have some architecture-specific behaviours that come into effect when + * their particular values for @elf_machine are set. + */ + int load_elf(const char *filename, uint64_t (*translate_fn)(void *, uint64_t), void *translate_opaque, uint64_t *pentry, uint64_t *lowaddr, uint64_t *highaddr, int big_endian, int elf_machine, -- cgit v1.2.3