ld and MMIXFor MMIX, there is a choice of generating ELF object files or
mmo object files when linking. The simulator mmix
understands the mmo format. The binutils objcopy utility
can translate between the two formats.
There is one special section, the ‘.MMIX.reg_contents’ section.
Contents in this section is assumed to correspond to that of global
registers, and symbols referring to it are translated to special symbols,
equal to registers. In a final link, the start address of the
‘.MMIX.reg_contents’ section corresponds to the first allocated
global register multiplied by 8. Register $255 is not included in
this section; it is always set to the program entry, which is at the
symbol Main for mmo files.
Global symbols with the prefix __.MMIX.start., for example
__.MMIX.start..text and __.MMIX.start..data are special.
The default linker script uses these to set the default start address
of a section.
Initial and trailing multiples of zero-valued 32-bit words in a section, are left out from an mmo file.