On Thu, 04 Sep, at 08:47:57AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > So how about we: > - add ASSERT(_got == _egot, "GOT entries not supported in > boot/compressed") to the linker script > - #define __nogotentry __attribute__((visibility(hidden))) somewhere > in compiler.h or wherever else it belongs > - add the __nogotentry qualifiers to each extern that requires it, > which is currently: > early_serial_base > efi_early > free_mem_end_ptr > free_mem_ptr > real_mode > - get rid of the fixup code in assembly Seems fine to me since it was Peter who introduced the GOT fixup asm code in the first place. > Any idea what the oldest GCC is we should support? I'm pretty sure we still support GCC 3.x.x. The symbol visibility support was added in GCC 4.x right? -- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
