BTXLD(8)		FreeBSD 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.

SEE ALSO
     ld(1), boot(8)

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

AUTHORS
     Robert Nordier <rnordier@FreeBSD.org>.

FreeBSD 4.8		      September 12, 1998		   FreeBSD 4.8