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+#ifndef __PROCESS_H__
+#define __PROCESS_H__
+
+#include "types.h"
+
+ /* maximum number of processes (i.e. pages in ram)
+  * since each program can use only one page in ram
+  */
+#define PROC_COUNT 2 
+
+struct executable
+{
+	void *text;
+	size_t text_size;
+	void *bss;
+	size_t bss_size;
+}
+
+struct process
+{
+    uint blocked :1;	// process is waiting for hardware or locked
+    uint running :1;	// pid is used
+    uint pages[4];		// pages used by the process
+    // TODO: implement quick callback?
+};
+
+/* the pid is defined with a single byte (pid_t is uint8_t), because of that 
+ * there cannot be more than 255 processes open at the same time. this is a
+ * limitation but for our purposes is more than enough
+ */
+extern struct process proc_table[255];
+
+static pid_t newpid(void);
+
+int fork(void);
+int exec(char *path, char *args);
+int spawn(char *path, char *args);
+
+pid_t getpid(void);
+int kill(pid_t pid);
+
+#endif // __PROCESS_H__