Brian Dessent wrote: > >> A translator that changes int 0x80 to function calls? It doesn't seem too >> difficult, but I probably miss something. > > So write a perl script. > The list of syscalls is defined in the Linux > kernel in unistd.h: > <http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/anno/include/asm-i386/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > You may also want to read these pages: > <http://www.lxhp.in-berlin.de/lhpsyscal.html>
Thanks. I'll check it up as soon as I have some spare time. > > The way I think is: if in Linux it is possible to translate function calls > > to int 0x80, one could build a funcion call -> int 0x80 dictionary. If the > > dictionary is complete (or at least big enough), having a int 0x80-like > > system call one can look up the corresponding funcion call. > > I don't know what you're trying to do here but it sounds like it's not > going to work. If you're trying to compile code written in assember > then you should have the source with symbolic calls and not raw > syscalls, > otherwise the person writing the code was an idiot. Agree, at least to some extend. > If you're > trying to decompile and port some random linux binary to run under > Cygwin, then I must conclude that you're nuts. No. But the idea sound great anyway :-) Regards Krzysztof Duleba -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/