> > I used this script to build with gcc 4.9: > > > > https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ci/blob/master/scripts/build/cross-build.sh > > > > Buildling sys/i386/boot2 failed: > ... > > output: fmt=bin size=21ef text=200 data=1fef org=0 entry=0 > > -1007 bytes available > > *** Error code 1 > > Oof, this is going to be hard to fix. For some reason, boot2 is one of > those programs that keeps getting worse (i.e. larger) with *each* new > compiler version, be it gcc or clang! > > The last few times when we imported a new clang version, we had to jump > through several hoops, and attempted to shrink the code again with > various cleanups. Even then, we don't have a lot of headroom. > > If it is now also becoming a problem with gcc 4.9, we should really > start looking for a more permanent solution, e.g.: > * Getting rid of the 7680 byte limit (seems to be impossible?) > * Rewrite most of (or all of) boot2 in assembly
We can also get rid of UFS1 support... That shrinks the code a lot. _______________________________________________ freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-toolchain To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-toolchain-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"