1/* Startup code for Alpha/ELF.
2 Copyright (C) 1993-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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35
36#include <sysdep.h>
37
38 .text
39 .align 3
40 .globl _start
41 .ent _start, 0
42 .type _start,@function
43_start:
44 .frame $15, 0, $15
45 br gp, 1f
461: ldgp gp, 0(gp)
47 subq sp, 16, sp
48 mov 0, $15
49 .prologue 0
50
51 /* Load address of the user's main function. */
52 lda a0, main
53
54 ldl a1, 16(sp) /* get argc */
55 lda a2, 24(sp) /* get argv */
56
57 mov $r31, a3 /* Used to be init. */
58 mov $r31, a4 /* Used to be fini. */
59
60 /* Store address of the shared library termination function. */
61 mov v0, a5
62
63 /* Provide the highest stack address to the user code. */
64 stq sp, 0(sp)
65
66 /* Call the user's main function, and exit with its value.
67 But let the libc call main. */
68 jsr ra, __libc_start_main
69
70 /* Die very horribly if exit returns. Call_pal hlt is callable from
71 kernel mode only; this will result in an illegal instruction trap. */
72 call_pal 0
73 .end _start
74
75/* For ECOFF backwards compatibility. */
76weak_alias (_start, __start)
77
78/* Define a symbol for the first piece of initialized data. */
79 .data
80 .globl __data_start
81__data_start:
82 .weak data_start
83 data_start = __data_start
84

source code of glibc/sysdeps/alpha/start.S