Merged in MHR-23 (pull request #13)

MHR-23

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diff --git a/Kernel/Sources/CodeManager.cxx b/Kernel/Sources/CodeManager.cxx
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+/* -------------------------------------------
+
+	Copyright SoftwareLabs
+
+------------------------------------------- */
+
+#include <NewKit/Utils.hpp>
+#include <KernelKit/CodeManager.hpp>
+#include <KernelKit/ProcessScheduler.hpp>
+
+namespace NewOS
+{
+	/// @brief Executes a new process from a function. kernel code only.
+	/// @note This sets up a new stack, anything on the main function that calls the kernel will not be accessible.
+	/// @param main the start of the process.
+	/// @return if the process was started or not.
+	bool execute_from_image(MainKind main, const char* processName) noexcept
+	{
+		if (!main)
+			return false;
+
+		ProcessHeader proc((VoidPtr)main);
+		proc.Kind = ProcessHeader::kDriverKind;
+		rt_copy_memory((VoidPtr)processName, proc.Name, rt_string_len(proc.Name));
+
+		Ref<ProcessHeader> refProc = proc;
+
+		return ProcessScheduler::Shared().Leak().Add(refProc);
+	}
+} // namespace NewOS
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