.globl _start

.section .data
# x:	.word 42	# Use a label to store the retval in the file's mem address space
.set retval, 88		# Use .set to create a symbol in the object/executable's symbol table

.section .text
			# with the return value
_start:
#	la	t1, x		# If we have the value stored in the .data section, we need to
				# use 'la' to retrieve the address and
#	lw	a0, (t1)	# 'lw' to load it into the register

	li	a0, retval	# We have retval defined in the file's symbol table (use nm or readelf)
				# to display the symbol table.

	li	a7, 93
	ecall