1 /* Startup code compliant to the ELF Mips ABI.
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38 #define __ASSEMBLY__ 1
44 #error ENTRY_POINT needs to be defined for start.S on MIPS/ELF.
47 /* This is the canonical entry point, usually the first thing in the text
48 segment. The SVR4/Mips ABI (pages 3-31, 3-32) says that when the entry
49 point runs, most registers' values are unspecified, except for:
51 v0 ($2) Contains a function pointer to be registered with `atexit'.
52 This is how the dynamic linker arranges to have DT_FINI
53 functions called for shared libraries that have been loaded
54 before this code runs.
56 sp ($29) The stack contains the arguments and environment:
61 (4*(argc+1))(%esp) envp[0]
64 ra ($31) The return address register is set to zero so that programs
65 that search backword through stack frames recognize the last
71 __libc_start_main (int (*main) (int, char **, char **), int argc,
72 char **argv, void (*init) (void), void (*fini) (void),
73 void (*rtld_fini) (void), void *stack_end)
78 .type ENTRY_POINT,@function
84 PTR_LA $28, _gp /* Setup GP correctly if we're non-PIC. */
88 PTR_LA $4, main /* main */
89 PTR_L $5, 0($29) /* argc */
90 PTR_ADDIU $6, $29, PTRSIZE /* argv */
92 /* Allocate space on the stack for seven arguments (o32 only)
93 and make sure the stack is aligned to double words (8 bytes)
94 on o32 and quad words (16 bytes) on n32 and n64. */
97 #if _MIPS_SIM == _ABIO32
100 PTR_LA $7, __libc_csu_init /* init */
101 PTR_LA $8, __libc_csu_fini
102 #if _MIPS_SIM == _ABIO32
103 PTR_S $8, 16($29) /* fini */
104 PTR_S $2, 20($29) /* rtld_fini */
105 PTR_S $29, 24($29) /* stack_end */
107 move $9, $2 /* rtld_fini */
108 move $10, $29 /* stack_end */
110 jal __libc_start_main
111 hlt: b hlt /* Crash if somehow it does return. */
113 /* Define a symbol for the first piece of initialized data. */
119 data_start = __data_start