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Implementation of x86 Binary-to-C Translator by Using GNU Tools

Kirill Makankov, Seon Wook Kim

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The binary-to-C translation becomes more and more important due to large amount of legacy binaries, since many different architectures including multicores become available to markets. In this paper, we propose the x86 binary-to-C code translator by using the GNU tools and discuss all the issues in detail occurring during the design. We tested our translator with EEMBC telecom suites, and achieved 2.6 times of performance degradation on the translated code in comparison with the original executable on average.

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The binary-to-C translation becomes more and more important due to large amount of legacy binaries, since many different architectures including multicores become available to markets. In this paper, we propose the x86 binary-to-C code translator by using the GNU tools and discuss all the issues in detail occurring during the design. We tested our translator with EEMBC telecom suites, and achieved 2.6 times of performance degradation on the translated code in comparison with the original executable on average.

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The binary-to-C translation becomes more and more important due to large amount of legacy binaries, since many different architectures including multicores become available to markets. In this paper, we propose the x86 binary-to-C code translator by using the GNU tools and discuss all the issues in detail occurring during the design. We tested our translator with EEMBC telecom suites, and achieved 2.6 times of performance degradation on the translated code in comparison with the original executable on average.

Key concepts: Binary translation, x86, Executable, Computer science, Operating system, Binary number, Programming language, Code (set theory)

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