minor additions to the kernel heap and adding acpi

kernel/elf.c

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+#include "elf.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+// This assumes that the elf is ELF32 and little-endian Intel X86 architecture.
+
+// Check if a binary is a valid ELF executable.
+int elf_validate(const void* data) {
+    const Elf32_Ehdr* header = (const Elf32_Ehdr*)data;
+
+    if (*(uint32_t*)header->e_ident != ELF_MAGIC)
+        return 0;
+
+    if (header->e_type != ET_EXEC && header->e_type != ET_DYN)
+        return 0;
+
+    if (header->e_machine != EM_386)
+        return 0;
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+// Load an ELF executable into memory.
+int elf_load(const void* data, void (*load_segment)(uint32_t vaddr, const void* src, uint32_t size)) {
+    const Elf32_Ehdr* header = (const Elf32_Ehdr*)data;
+    const Elf32_Phdr* ph = (const Elf32_Phdr*)((uint8_t*)data + header->e_phoff);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < header->e_phnum; i++) {
+        if (ph[i].p_type != PT_LOAD)
+            continue;
+
+        const void* src = (uint8_t*)data + ph[i].p_offset;
+        uint32_t vaddr = ph[i].p_vaddr;
+        uint32_t filesz = ph[i].p_filesz;
+        uint32_t memsz = ph[i].p_memsz;
+
+        // Copy data segment
+        load_segment(vaddr, src, filesz);
+
+        // Zero remaining BSS (if any)
+        if (memsz > filesz) {
+            uint8_t* bss_start = (uint8_t*)(vaddr + filesz);
+            for (uint32_t j = 0; j < memsz - filesz; j++) {
+                bss_start[j] = 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return header->e_entry;
+}