start.S

/* Startup code for Alpha/ELF.
   Copyright (C) 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   Contributed by Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>

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#include <sysdep.h>

	.text
	.align 3
	.globl _start
	.ent _start, 0
	.type _start,@function
_start:
	.frame	$15, 0, $15
	br	gp, 1f
1:	ldgp	gp, 0(gp)
	subq	sp, 16, sp
	mov	0, $15
	.prologue 0

  /* Load address of the user's main function.  */
	lda	a0, main

	ldl	a1, 16(sp)	/* get argc */
	lda	a2, 24(sp)	/* get argv */

  /* Load address of our own entry points to .fini and .init.  */
	lda	a3, __libc_csu_init
	lda	a4, __libc_csu_fini

  /* Store address of the shared library termination function.  */
	mov	v0, a5

  /* Provide the highest stack address to the user code.  */
	stq	sp, 0(sp)

  /* Call the user's main function, and exit with its value.
     But let the libc call main.  */
	jsr	ra, __libc_start_main

  /* Die very horribly if exit returns.  Call_pal hlt is callable from
     kernel mode only; this will result in an illegal instruction trap.  */
	call_pal 0
	.end _start

/* For ECOFF backwards compatibility. */
weak_alias (_start, __start)

/* Define a symbol for the first piece of initialized data.  */
	.data
	.globl __data_start
__data_start:
	.weak data_start
	data_start = __data_start