kernel: Add initial ELF loader implementation

This is the initial ELF loader implementation, this will obviously need some fixups
and refactoring in the future but it works as of now.

Signed-off-by: Ian Moffett <ian@osmora.org>

1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sys/include/sys/loader.h b/sys/include/sys/loader.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Ian Marco Moffett and the Osmora Team.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
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+ *
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+ * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _SYS_LOADER_H_
+#define _SYS_LOADER_H_
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+/* Auxiliary Vector */
+struct auxval {
+    uint64_t at_entry;
+    uint64_t at_phdr;
+    uint64_t at_phent;
+    uint64_t at_phnum;
+};
+
+#if defined(_KERNEL)
+
+int loader_load(const void *dataptr, struct auxval *auxv);
+
+#endif  /* defined(_KERNEL) */
+#endif  /* !_SYS_LOADER_H_ */