Re: [LinuxBIOS] Probable fix for gcc4 builds

[Luis Correia]

Yes, you're right, there is no patch.

I'm no expert with messing around with Makefiles, hence the hint to add
"-fno-stack-protection" to CFLAGS in all the Makefiles.

Sorry for that, i'm now busy with other projects. I'll return soon to linux
bios development as I need to finish the NOVA board support.

Luis Correia

On 2/8/07, Stefan Reinauer  wrote:
> Luis Correia wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > this is completely untested!
> >
> > I got this hint from the syslinux mailing list regarding building on
> > newer distros, maybe this helps building linuxbios.
> >
> > For newer distro's (like ubuntu 6.10, FC5+), syslinux build fails due to
> > gcc 4. Here is a patch to get it to build properly.
> >
> > The only thing it does is add -fno-stack-protection to CFLAGS in all the
> > Makefiles.
> >
> > Source: (Ram Yalamanchili)
> >
> > Luis
>
> It seems, there is no patch.