Commit c8e4108c5b

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const is_wasm = switch (builtin.arch) {
     else => false,
 };
 
+const is_mips = switch (builtin.arch) {
+    .mips, .mipsel, .mips64, .mips64el => true,
+    else => false,
+};
+
 comptime {
     if (builtin.link_libc) {
         @export("main", main, .Strong);
@@ -22,6 +27,8 @@ comptime {
         @export("_start", wasm_freestanding_start, .Strong);
     } else if (builtin.os == .uefi) {
         @export("EfiMain", EfiMain, .Strong);
+    } else if (is_mips) {
+        if (!@hasDecl(root, "__start")) @export("__start", _start, .Strong);
     } else {
         if (!@hasDecl(root, "_start")) @export("_start", _start, .Strong);
     }

@@ -1813,14 +1813,9 @@ static void construct_linker_job_elf(LinkJob *lj) {
         lj->args.append("--allow-shlib-undefined");
     }
 
-    // MIPS entry point name is __start instead of _start, force the linker to
-    // use the latter
-    if (target_is_mips(g->zig_target) || g->zig_target->os == OsZen) {
+    if (g->zig_target->os == OsZen) {
         lj->args.append("-e");
         lj->args.append("_start");
-    }
-
-    if (g->zig_target->os == OsZen) {
         lj->args.append("--image-base=0x10000000");
     }
 }