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diff --git a/docs/PROJECTS.md b/docs/PROJECTS.md index fdd15a1..5f8e327 100644 --- a/docs/PROJECTS.md +++ b/docs/PROJECTS.md @@ -245,6 +245,33 @@ An ELF/PE/Mach-O says what it is, so IDA figures it out. A raw firmware dump says nothing, and IDA falls back to **x86 at address 0** — which on an ARM image analyses to zero functions. It doesn't fail; it just quietly gives you nothing. +Open one without saying anything and idatui asks, the way interactive IDA does +when no loader matches: + + ┌ unrecognised file — processor? (20) ────────────────┐ + │ fw.bin (32,768 bytes) — no loader matched; without │ + │ a processor IDA assumes x86 at 0 │ + │ arm │ + │ arm ARM / AArch64 — little-endian │ + │ armb ARM — big-endian │ + │ load address, e.g. 0x8000000 (blank = 0) │ + │ Enter accept · Tab base address · Esc load as IDA │ + └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + +`formats.sniff()` decides whether to ask, and only recognises formats IDA +definitely handles (ELF, PE, Mach-O, dex, wasm, ar, COFF, Intel HEX, S-records). +Being cautious the wrong way costs one dismissible dialog; being cautious the +other way is the silent-nothing case we're trying to kill. Esc loads it the way +IDA would have, because the sniff can be wrong. + +A text container is only accepted when the whole header is printable — a raw +image whose first byte happens to be `:` is far likelier than Intel HEX. + +The dialog is skipped when the answer already exists: options on the command +line, options in the project, or a database that already records them. + +Or say it up front: + ida-tui fw.bin --processor arm --base 0x8000000 or per binary in a project, which is where it belongs for a multi-image firmware: |