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+/* Initialization of MIPS specific backend library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 Red Hat, Inc.
+   Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2000.
+
+   This program is Open Source software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the Open Software License version 1.0 as
+   published by the Open Source Initiative.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the Open Software License along
+   with this program; if not, you may obtain a copy of the Open Software
+   License version 1.0 from http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl.php or
+   by writing the Open Source Initiative c/o Lawrence Rosen, Esq.,
+   3001 King Ranch Road, Ukiah, CA 95482.   */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <libebl_mips.h>
+
+
+int
+mips_init (elf, machine, eh, ehlen)
+     Elf *elf;
+     GElf_Half machine;
+     Ebl *eh;
+     size_t ehlen;
+{
+  /* Check whether the Elf_BH object has a sufficent size.  */
+  if (ehlen < sizeof (Ebl))
+    return 1;
+
+  /* We handle it.  */
+  if (machine != EM_MIPS)
+    eh->name = "MIPS R3000 big-endian";
+  else
+    eh->name = "MIPS R3000 little-endian";
+
+  eh->reloc_type_name = mips_reloc_type_name;
+  eh->segment_type_name = mips_segment_type_name;
+  eh->section_type_name = mips_section_type_name;
+  eh->machine_flag_name = mips_machine_flag_name;
+  eh->dynamic_tag_name = mips_dynamic_tag_name;
+  eh->destr = mips_destr;
+
+  return 0;
+}