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Re: using _start or __start as ENTRY?

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
To: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp at bitrange dot com>
Cc: "Peter S. Mazinger" <ps dot m at gmx dot net>, binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 14:17:08 -0400
Subject: Re: using _start or __start as ENTRY?
References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0506081835520.17303-100000@lnx.bridge.intra> <Pine.BSF.4.58.0506081256540.77269@dair.pair.com>

On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 01:00:43PM -0400, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Peter S. Mazinger wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > Is there some particular reason, that mips (also some others) use
> > ENTRY=__start instead of _start ?
> 
> Yes, depending on whether program symbols start with "_" (see
> gcc USER_LABEL_PREFIX).  You don't want to invade on the program
> symbol namespace by robbing it of the identifier "start".

Which does not apply to MIPS; for MIPS it's simply historical.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC

References:
- using _start or __start as ENTRY?
  - From: Peter S. Mazinger
- Re: using _start or __start as ENTRY?
  - From: Hans-Peter Nilsson

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