main.dol

main.dol is the name given to the main executable of Wii and GameCube games. It is not a named file on the game disk, but rather the name given to the section of the disk containing the main executable. It uses the DOL format. Mario Kart Wii's main.dol contains quite a lot of generic library code, but most of the game specific logic is in StaticR.rel.

Mario Kart Wii (PAL)

main.dol sections

Name	file Start	file End	VMA Start	VMA End	Size	Type (text/data)
.init	0x100	0x2560	0x80004000	0x80006460	0x2460	text
extab	0x240080	0x240640	0x80006460	0x80006a20	0x5c0	data
extabindex	0x240640	0x240ee0	0x80006a20	0x800072c0	0x8a0	data
.text	0x2560	0x240080	0x800072c0	0x80244de0	0x23db20	text
.ctors	0x240ee0	0x240fa0	0x80244de0	0x80244ea0	0xc0	data
.dtors	0x240fa0	0x240fc0	0x80244ea0	0x80244ec0	0x20	data
.rodata	0x240fc0	0x254680	0x80244ec0	0x80258580	0x136c0	data
.data	0x254680	0x2a0140	0x80258580	0x802a4040	0x4bac0	data
.bss	N/A	N/A	0x802a4080	0x80384c00	0xe0b80 (defined 0xe50fc in the header)	data
.sdata	0x2a0140	0x2a1500	0x80384c00	0x80385fc0	0x13c0	data
.sbss	N/A	N/A	0x80385fc0	0x80386fa0	0xfe0	data
.sdata2	0x2a1500	0x2a36a0	0x80386fa0	0x80389140	0x21a0	data
.sbss2	N/A	N/A	0x80389140	0x8038917c	0x3c	data