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diff --git a/lib/virt_mem_types.mli b/lib/virt_mem_types.mli
index 24ce3e7..2d6e9ee 100644
--- a/lib/virt_mem_types.mli
+++ b/lib/virt_mem_types.mli
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
    Common types.
  *)
 
+(** {2 Kernel symbols} *)
+
 type ksym = string
   (** A kernel symbol. *)
 
@@ -39,7 +41,23 @@ module Ksymmap : sig
   val compare : ('a -> 'a -> int) -> 'a t -> 'a t -> int
   val equal : ('a -> 'a -> bool) -> 'a t -> 'a t -> bool
 end
-  (** A map of kernel symbols to addresses. *)
+  (** Functions available in the map of kernel symbols to addresses. *)
+
+type ksymmap = Virt_mem_mmap.addr Ksymmap.t
+  (** Kernel symbol table (map of kernel symbols to addresses). *)
+
+(** {2 Kernel images and associated data} *)
+
+type image = {
+  dom : Libvirt.ro Libvirt.Domain.t option; (** Domain, if known. *)
+  domname : string;			(** Domain name. *)
+  arch : Virt_mem_utils.architecture;	(** Architecture, eg. i386. *)
+  mem : ([`Wordsize], [`Endian], [`HasMapping]) Virt_mem_mmap.t;
+                                        (** Memory map. *)
+  kernel_min : Virt_mem_mmap.addr;	(** Minimum addr of kernel pointers. *)
+  kernel_max : Virt_mem_mmap.addr;	(** Maximum addr of kernel pointers. *)
+}
+  (** A basic kernel image. *)
 
 type utsname = {
   kernel_name : string;
@@ -51,22 +69,69 @@ type utsname = {
 }
   (** Kernel version, from utsname structure in the kernel. *)
 
-type image0 = {
-  dom : Libvirt.ro Libvirt.Domain.t option; (** Domain, if known. *)
-  domname : string;			(** Domain name. *)
-  arch : Virt_mem_utils.architecture;	(** Architecture, eg. i386. *)
-  mem : ([`Wordsize], [`Endian], [`HasMapping]) Virt_mem_mmap.t;
-                                        (** Memory map. *)
+type kdata = {
+  ksyms : ksymmap option;               (** Kernel symbol lookup function. *)
+  utsname : utsname option;		(** Kernel version. *)
+  tasks : Virt_mem_mmap.addr option;    (** Linked list of tasks (processes)
+					    starting at the address of
+					    init_task (swapper). *)
+  net_devices : Virt_mem_mmap.addr option; (** Linked list of net devices
+					       starting at the address of
+					       dev_base_head. *)
 }
-  (** A basic kernel image. *)
+  (** Optional data derived from the raw kernel image by the main
+      program and passed to the tools' [~run] functions.
+
+      What fields get filled in is controlled by the [~needs_*]
+      options passed when tools register themselves, and also of
+      course by what we are able to find out about the memory image.
+
+      Note there is significant cost to filling in some of these
+      fields.
+*)
+
+(** {2 Kernel structure parsers} *)
+
+exception ParseError of string * string * string
+  (** Parsing exception raised by [Kernel_*] parser functions.
+
+      The fields are: structure name, function which raised the error,
+      error message. *)
+
+type fieldsig = {
+  field_available : bool; (** Field available in this kernel version? *)
+  field_offset : int;	 (** Offset of field in this kernel version. *)
+}
+  (** Returned by [Kernel_*.field_signature_of_*] functions. *)
+
+(** {2 Load kernel memory} *)
+
+type load_memory_error =
+  | AddressOutOfRange          (** Address not in [kernel_min..kernel_max] *)
+  | DomIsNull                  (** image.dom = None *)
+
+exception LoadMemoryError of load_memory_error * string
+
+val load_memory : image -> Virt_mem_mmap.addr -> int -> image
+  (** [load_memory img start size] tries to load [size] bytes from
+      the start address into the memory map.  If the memory was loaded
+      previously, then it is not requested again.
+
+      Note that the memory map may be updated by this, so a modified
+      image structure is returned.
+
+      This function can raise many different sorts of exceptions and
+      the caller is advised to catch any exceptions and deal with them
+      appropriately. *)
 
-type image1 =
-    image0
-    * Virt_mem_mmap.addr Ksymmap.t	(* Kernel symbol map. *)
-  (** A kernel image, after finding kernel symbols. *)
+val load_static_memory : dom:Libvirt.ro Libvirt.Domain.t ->
+  domname:string ->
+  arch:Virt_mem_utils.architecture ->
+  wordsize:Virt_mem_utils.wordsize -> endian:Bitstring.endian ->
+  kernel_min:Virt_mem_mmap.addr -> kernel_max:Virt_mem_mmap.addr ->
+  Virt_mem_mmap.addr -> int -> image
+  (** [load_static_memory ~dom (*...*) start size] creates an [image0]
+      object, and initializes it with static kernel memory loaded
+      from the [start] address and [size] of [dom].
 
-type image2 =
-    image0
-    * Virt_mem_mmap.addr Ksymmap.t	(* Kernel symbol map. *)
-    * utsname option			(* Kernel version, etc., if found. *)
-  (** A kernel image, after finding kernel version (like 'uname'). *)
+      See also {!load_memory} for exceptions this can raise. *)