1 /* Startup code for Alpha/ELF.
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45 .type _start,@function
54 /* Load address of the user's main function. */
57 ldl a1, 16(sp) /* get argc */
58 lda a2, 24(sp) /* get argv */
60 /* Load address of our own entry points to .fini and .init. */
61 lda a3, __libc_csu_init
62 lda a4, __libc_csu_fini
64 /* Store address of the shared library termination function. */
67 /* Provide the highest stack address to the user code. */
70 /* Call the user's main function, and exit with its value.
71 But let the libc call main. */
72 jsr ra, __libc_start_main
74 /* Die very horribly if exit returns. Call_pal hlt is callable from
75 kernel mode only; this will result in an illegal instruction trap. */
79 /* For ECOFF backwards compatibility. */
80 weak_alias(_start, __start)
82 /* Define a symbol for the first piece of initialized data. */
87 data_start = __data_start