Small PIC Fixes

2011-01-04 Thread ehem+grub
Perhaps not the biggest deal, but I do like to get low-hanging fixes out of the way if they appear. One very significant item I found. It appears GCC is fine with %rbx being clobbered when building PIC in 64-bit mode, even though it has problems with %ebx being clobbered when building PIC in 32-bi

Re: Small PIC Fixes

2011-01-05 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 01/05/2011 06:58 AM, ehem+g...@m5p.com wrote: > Perhaps not the biggest deal, but I do like to get low-hanging fixes out > of the way if they appear. > > One very significant item I found. It appears GCC is fine with %rbx being > clobbered when building PIC in 64-bit mode, even though it has pro

Re: Small PIC Fixes

2011-01-05 Thread ehem+grub
>From: Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko > On 01/05/2011 06:58 AM, ehem+g...@m5p.com wrote: > > Perhaps not the biggest deal, but I do like to get low-hanging fixes out > > of the way if they appear. > > > > One very significant item I found. It appears GCC is fine with %rbx being > > clobbere

Re: Small PIC Fixes

2011-01-05 Thread crocket
I am "he" for your information. Don't expect anything from "she", sir. - Original Message From: "ehem+g...@m5p.com" To: The development of GNU GRUB Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 12:07:44 PM Subject: Re: Small PIC Fixes >From: Vladimir '?-coder