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1 yaml2obj
2 ========
3
4 yaml2obj takes a YAML description of an object file and converts it to a binary
5 file.
6
7     $ yaml2obj input-file
8
9 .. program:: yaml2obj
10
11 Outputs the binary to stdout.
12
13 COFF Syntax
14 -----------
15
16 Here's a sample COFF file.
17
18 .. code-block:: yaml
19
20   header:
21     Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 # (0x14C)
22
23   sections:
24     - Name: .text
25       Characteristics: [ IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE
26                        , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES
27                        , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE
28                        , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
29                        ] # 0x60500020
30       SectionData:
31         "\x83\xEC\x0C\xC7\x44\x24\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\xC7\x04\x24\x00\x00\x00\x00\xE8\x00\x00\x00\x00\xE8\x00\x00\x00\x00\x8B\x44\x24\x08\x83\xC4\x0C\xC3" # |....D$.......$...............D$.....|
32
33   symbols:
34     - Name: .text
35       Value: 0
36       SectionNumber: 1
37       SimpleType: IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_NULL # (0)
38       ComplexType: IMAGE_SYM_DTYPE_NULL # (0)
39       StorageClass: IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_STATIC # (3)
40       NumberOfAuxSymbols: 1
41       AuxiliaryData:
42         "\x24\x00\x00\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" # |$.................|
43
44     - Name: _main
45       Value: 0
46       SectionNumber: 1
47       SimpleType: IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_NULL # (0)
48       ComplexType: IMAGE_SYM_DTYPE_NULL # (0)
49       StorageClass: IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_EXTERNAL # (2)
50
51 Here's a simplified Kwalify_ schema with an extension to allow alternate types.
52
53 .. _Kwalify: http://www.kuwata-lab.com/kwalify/ruby/users-guide.html
54
55 .. code-block:: yaml
56
57   type: map
58     mapping:
59       header:
60         type: map
61         mapping:
62           Machine: [ {type: str, enum:
63                                  [ IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_UNKNOWN
64                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_AM33
65                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_AMD64
66                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_ARM
67                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_ARMV7
68                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_EBC
69                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
70                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_IA64
71                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_M32R
72                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_MIPS16
73                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_MIPSFPU
74                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_MIPSFPU16
75                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_POWERPC
76                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_POWERPCFP
77                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_R4000
78                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_SH3
79                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_SH3DSP
80                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_SH4
81                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_SH5
82                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_THUMB
83                                  , IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_WCEMIPSV2
84                                  ]}
85                    , {type: int}
86                    ]
87           Characteristics:
88             - type: seq
89               sequence:
90                 - type: str
91                   enum: [ IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED
92                         , IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
93                         , IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
94                         , IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED
95                         , IMAGE_FILE_AGGRESSIVE_WS_TRIM
96                         , IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE
97                         , IMAGE_FILE_BYTES_REVERSED_LO
98                         , IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
99                         , IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED
100                         , IMAGE_FILE_REMOVABLE_RUN_FROM_SWAP
101                         , IMAGE_FILE_NET_RUN_FROM_SWAP
102                         , IMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM
103                         , IMAGE_FILE_DLL
104                         , IMAGE_FILE_UP_SYSTEM_ONLY
105                         , IMAGE_FILE_BYTES_REVERSED_HI
106                         ]
107             - type: int
108       sections:
109         type: seq
110         sequence:
111           - type: map
112             mapping:
113               Name: {type: str}
114               Characteristics:
115                 - type: seq
116                   sequence:
117                     - type: str
118                       enum: [ IMAGE_SCN_TYPE_NO_PAD
119                             , IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE
120                             , IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA
121                             , IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA
122                             , IMAGE_SCN_LNK_OTHER
123                             , IMAGE_SCN_LNK_INFO
124                             , IMAGE_SCN_LNK_REMOVE
125                             , IMAGE_SCN_LNK_COMDAT
126                             , IMAGE_SCN_GPREL
127                             , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_PURGEABLE
128                             , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_16BIT
129                             , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_LOCKED
130                             , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_PRELOAD
131                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES
132                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES
133                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES
134                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8BYTES
135                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES
136                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES
137                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES
138                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_128BYTES
139                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES
140                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES
141                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES
142                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2048BYTES
143                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES
144                             , IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES
145                             , IMAGE_SCN_LNK_NRELOC_OVFL
146                             , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE
147                             , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_NOT_CACHED
148                             , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_NOT_PAGED
149                             , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_SHARED
150                             , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE
151                             , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
152                             , IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
153                             ]
154                 - type: int
155               SectionData: {type: str}
156       symbols:
157         type: seq
158         sequence:
159           - type: map
160             mapping:
161               Name: {type: str}
162               Value: {type: int}
163               SectionNumber: {type: int}
164               SimpleType: [ {type: str, enum: [ IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_NULL
165                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_VOID
166                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_CHAR
167                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_SHORT
168                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_INT
169                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_LONG
170                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_FLOAT
171                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_DOUBLE
172                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_STRUCT
173                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_UNION
174                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_ENUM
175                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_MOE
176                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_BYTE
177                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_WORD
178                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_UINT
179                                               , IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_DWORD
180                                               ]}
181                           , {type: int}
182                           ]
183               ComplexType: [ {type: str, enum: [ IMAGE_SYM_DTYPE_NULL
184                                                , IMAGE_SYM_DTYPE_POINTER
185                                                , IMAGE_SYM_DTYPE_FUNCTION
186                                                , IMAGE_SYM_DTYPE_ARRAY
187                                                ]}
188                            , {type: int}
189                            ]
190               StorageClass: [ {type: str, enum:
191                                           [ IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_END_OF_FUNCTION
192                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_NULL
193                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_AUTOMATIC
194                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_EXTERNAL
195                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_STATIC
196                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_REGISTER
197                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_EXTERNAL_DEF
198                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_LABEL
199                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_UNDEFINED_LABEL
200                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_MEMBER_OF_STRUCT
201                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_ARGUMENT
202                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_STRUCT_TAG
203                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_MEMBER_OF_UNION
204                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_UNION_TAG
205                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_TYPE_DEFINITION
206                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_UNDEFINED_STATIC
207                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_ENUM_TAG
208                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_MEMBER_OF_ENUM
209                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_REGISTER_PARAM
210                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_BIT_FIELD
211                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_BLOCK
212                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_FUNCTION
213                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_END_OF_STRUCT
214                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_FILE
215                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_SECTION
216                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_WEAK_EXTERNAL
217                                           , IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_CLR_TOKEN
218                                           ]}
219                             , {type: int}
220                             ]