On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, David Brownlee wrote:

: 	It just sits there executing MMX or similar instructions to try to
: 	show up memory or CPU issues.
:
: > crt0 really only works best in conjunction with libc (and crt0 is also
: > excluded with -nostdlib), so if you are using -nostdlib on a program, you
: > need to know Exactly what you're doing.  My guess is that the use of
: > -nostdlib is incorrect.
:
: 	It seems plausible in this case?

No, it's implausible.  The program should be fixed.

If the idea is to endless-loop MMX instructions, it's perfectly fine to have
crt0 do its usual program-setup goop.  The overhead of crt0 startup0 vs.
the endless loop routine is very, very small.  8-)

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-- Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>