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+/*
+** Copyright 2003, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+#ifndef _KERNEL_IMAGE_H
+#define _KERNEL_IMAGE_H
+
+
+#include <image.h>
+
+
+struct team;
+
+extern image_id register_image(team_id team, image_info *info, size_t size);
+extern status_t unregister_image(team_id team, image_id id);
+extern int32 count_images(struct team *team);
+extern status_t remove_images(struct team *team);
+
+// user-space exported calls
+extern status_t user_unregister_image(image_id id);
+extern image_id user_register_image(image_info *userInfo, size_t size);
+extern status_t user_get_next_image_info(team_id team, int32 *_cookie,
+	image_info *userInfo, size_t size);
+extern status_t user_get_image_info(image_id id, image_info *userInfo, size_t size);
+
+#endif	/* _KRENEL_IMAGE_H */