Subject: Re: compiler madness
To: None <eeh@netbsd.org, jchacon@genuity.net>
From: None <eeh@netbsd.org>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 03/29/2002 22:16:15
| The linker calls __start
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| Why is start in crt0? That obviously conflicts with the users namespace.

Old versions of egcs and binutils did strange things.

The linker defaults to using `_start'.  Our gcc changes that to `__start'.

I suppose `start' can be removed now we're using a semi-sane toolchain.

Eduardo