Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:21:19 +0000 From: Alexander Kabaev <kan@freebsd.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current List <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP! boot2 problems Message-ID: <20040730152119.GA43119@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4109B4EF.605@samsco.org> References: <4109B4EF.605@samsco.org>
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On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 08:39:43PM -0600, Scott Long wrote:
> All,
>
> The GCC 3.4 import seems to have broken the boot2 loader on at least
> i386. This doesn't affect normal world and kernel builds and installs,
> but does affect writing new bootblocks via the disklabel program. You
> should refrain from doing this until it gets fixed. It's being looked
> into right now.
>
> Scott
Commit below made boot2 usable again.
kan 2004-07-30 04:27:20 UTC
FreeBSD src repository
Modified files:
sys/boot/i386/boot2 Makefile
Log:
Compile boot2 with -fno-unit-at-a-time. GCCs aggressive optimization
breaks boot in spectacular ways otherwise.
Revision Changes Path
1.56 +3 -1 src/sys/boot/i386/boot2/Makefile
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