/* Startup code for ARM & ELF Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the GNU C Library. The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. */ /* This is the canonical entry point, usually the first thing in the text segment. Note that the code in the .init section has already been run. This includes _init and _libc_init At this entry point, most registers' values are unspecified, except: a1 Contains a function pointer to be registered with `atexit'. This is how the dynamic linker arranges to have DT_FINI functions called for shared libraries that have been loaded before this code runs. sp The stack contains the arguments and environment: 0(sp) argc 4(sp) argv[0] ... (4*argc)(sp) NULL (4*(argc+1))(sp) envp[0] ... NULL */ /* For uClinux it looks like this: argc argument counter (integer) argv char *argv[] envp char *envp[] argv[0] program name (pointer) argv[1...N] program args (pointers) argv[argc-1] end of args (integer) NULL env[0...N] environment variables (pointers) NULL ARM register quick reference: Name Number ARM Procedure Calling Standard Role a1 r0 argument 1 / integer result / scratch register / argc a2 r1 argument 2 / scratch register / argv a3 r2 argument 3 / scratch register / envp a4 r3 argument 4 / scratch register v1 r4 register variable v2 r5 register variable v3 r6 register variable v4 r7 register variable v5 r8 register variable sb/v6 r9 static base / register variable sl/v7 r10 stack limit / stack chunk handle / reg. variable fp r11 frame pointer ip r12 scratch register / new-sb in inter-link-unit calls sp r13 lower end of current stack frame lr r14 link address / scratch register pc r15 program counter */ .text .globl _start .type _start,#function _start: /* Clear the frame pointer and link register since this is the outermost frame. */ mov fp, #0 mov lr, #0 /* Pop argc off the stack and save a pointer to argv */ ldr a2, [sp], #4 mov a3, sp /* Push stack limit */ str a3, [sp, #-4]! /* Push rtld_fini */ str a1, [sp, #-4]! #ifdef __PIC__ ldr sl, .L_GOT .L_GOT_OFF: add sl, pc, sl ldr ip, .L_GOT+4 /* _fini */ ldr a1, [sl, ip] str a1, [sp, #-4]! /* Push _fini */ ldr ip, .L_GOT+8 /* _init */ ldr a4, [sl, ip] ldr ip, .L_GOT+12 /* main */ ldr a1, [sl, ip] /* __uClibc_main (main, argc, argv, init, fini, rtld_fini, stack_end) */ /* Let the libc call main and exit with its return code. */ b __uClibc_main(PLT) #else /* Fetch address of fini */ ldr ip, =_fini /* Push fini */ str ip, [sp, #-4]! /* Set up the other arguments in registers */ ldr a1, =main ldr a4, =_init /* __uClibc_main (main, argc, argv, init, fini, rtld_fini, stack_end) */ /* Let the libc call main and exit with its return code. */ b __uClibc_main #endif #ifdef __PIC__ .L_GOT: .word _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_-(.L_GOT_OFF+8) .word _fini(GOT) .word _init(GOT) .word main(GOT) #endif /* Define a symbol for the first piece of initialized data. */ .data .globl __data_start __data_start: .long 0 .weak data_start data_start = __data_start