From 78e581b86f11bfc8da277cbad7b7a30941e55e95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Alex=20R=C3=B8nne=20Petersen?= <alex@alexrp.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 04:02:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] start: Copy the mips64 comment about gp to the mips32 code.

Also, don't incorrectly claim that it's only needed for dynamic linking/PIC.
---
 lib/std/start.zig | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/std/start.zig b/lib/std/start.zig
index 2a61be46e4..bca0922fb3 100644
--- a/lib/std/start.zig
+++ b/lib/std/start.zig
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ fn _start() callconv(.Naked) noreturn {
             \\ .gpword .
             \\ .gpword %[posixCallMainAndExit]
             \\ 1:
+            // The `gp` register on MIPS serves a similar purpose to `r2` (ToC pointer) on PPC64.
             \\ lw $gp, 0($ra)
             \\ subu $gp, $ra, $gp
             \\ lw $25, 4($ra)
@@ -314,8 +315,6 @@ fn _start() callconv(.Naked) noreturn {
             \\ .gpdword %[posixCallMainAndExit]
             \\ 1:
             // The `gp` register on MIPS serves a similar purpose to `r2` (ToC pointer) on PPC64.
-            // We need to set it up in order for dynamically-linked / position-independent code to
-            // work.
             \\ ld $gp, 0($ra)
             \\ dsubu $gp, $ra, $gp
             \\ ld $25, 8($ra)