On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 11:43:27PM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 07:40:15PM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:
> > FWIW: I can reproduce the crash with a -current GENERIC_3x kernel.
> > I'm investigating.
> 
> src/sys/arch/mips/mips/syscall.c rev. 1.30 fixes it - your test program
> now dumps core, as the syscall number is passed wrong (for irix emulation).
> 
> I suggest, if you insist on avoiding C startup routines and libc, to prepare
> an object file with the proper ELF note section to mark the binary as
> a NetBSD one and link that with your assembler sources.
> 
> Martin

Indeed, with a correctly crafted section .note.netbsd.ident, my
non-PIC programs are now working correctly. 

Thanks a lot for the quick response and fix. 

Pierre Letouzey 



PS: Just in case it might interest somebody else someday, here's 
the details of the section i'm now using: 

        .section ".note.netbsd.ident", "a"
        .word 7
        .word 4
        .word 1
        .asciiz "NetBSD"
        .align 2
        .word 0x11E1A6E8
        .align 2