From 0ab51c803cb92647bc2059cec773cbcf992befb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Drew T <50529377+Druthulu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 18:00:01 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?feat(phase-31):=20S79=20#6=20(1)=20=E2=80=94=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?md=5FMAIN=5F003:=20D=5F800D3200=20was=20a=20data=20word=20carri?=
 =?UTF-8?q?ed=20as=20a=20stub;=20emitted=20inside=20its=20asm=20island,=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?byte-identical=20(dd1b32ec);=20the=20census's=20H-VIRGIN=20phan?=
 =?UTF-8?q?tom=20is=20gone?=
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---
 src/md_MAIN_003/md_MAIN_003_jr_800D1E18.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/md_MAIN_003/md_MAIN_003_jr_800D1E18.c b/src/md_MAIN_003/md_MAIN_003_jr_800D1E18.c
index a4785a1fa..16caf8ff9 100644
--- a/src/md_MAIN_003/md_MAIN_003_jr_800D1E18.c
+++ b/src/md_MAIN_003/md_MAIN_003_jr_800D1E18.c
@@ -931,11 +931,13 @@ s32 aF800D30D0(char *arg0) {
 }
 
 
-INCLUDE_ASM("asm/md_MAIN_003/nonmatchings/md_MAIN_003_jr_800D1E18", D_800D3200);
-
-extern s32 D_800D3200;  /* dup-def demoted: a sibling .s still emits it (S61) */
-
-__asm__(".text\n.align 2\n.globl func_800D3204\n.ent\tfunc_800D3204\n"
+/* 0x800D3200 is NOT a function: a one-word data sentinel (0x00FFFFFF, an invalid opcode) sitting in
+ * .text, which func_800D3204 / func_800D3234 materialise via lui/addiu and read/write (self-referencing
+ * data-in-text; S45 pin in config/symbols.md_MAIN_003.txt). It was carried as an INCLUDE_ASM "stub" —
+ * the census's H-VIRGIN phantom — until P31 S79 #6; the word is emitted here, inside the hand-written
+ * asm island it belongs to, so the stub record is gone and the bytes are unchanged (byte-gated). */
+__asm__(".text\n.align 2\n.globl D_800D3200\nD_800D3200:\n.word 0x00FFFFFF\n"
+".globl func_800D3204\n.ent\tfunc_800D3204\n"
 "func_800D3204:\n.frame $sp,0,$31\n.mask 0x00000000,0\n.fmask 0,0\n"
 ".set\tnoreorder\n.set\tnoat\n"
 "lui $t0, %hi(D_800D3200)\n"