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Re: crt1.o not found in mipsel-linux

On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Kai Ruottu wrote:

> pati (sent by Nabble.com) wrote:
>
> > can you explain me why this object file is used for.....
>
> The 'crt1.o' is the 'shell' around the 'main()' function, the
> program entry symbol, '_start' (usually), is in it. It does
> some initializing before calling 'main()' and when 'main()'
> exits, it does some 'atexit()' etc. tasks before going to
> 'exit()'...
>
> All the previous should be told on a "primary course in C"...

it *should* be but it rarely is.  i've never seen a course in C that
actually touches on the underlying compilation process.  what's the
best online explanation for that sort of thing?

rday

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