[coreboot] r1026 - in coreboot-v3: mainboard/kontron/986lcd-m southbridge/intel/i82801gx

[Stefan Reinauer]

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> On 14.11.2008 19:54, ron minnich wrote:
>   
>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Stefan Reinauer <stepan at coresystems.de> wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> We're missing one crucial piece which is necessary to get PIC to work:
>>>> The linker. PIC code must be linked _after_ its location is known.
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> That sounds absurd as it would totally defeat the purpose of PIC.
>>>
>>> It's position independent code exactly _because_ you can't know the
>>> position at link time.
>>>     
>>>       
>> actually, the GCC definiton of PIC is odd to say the least, as
>> compared to what I used to call PIC.
>>   
>>     
>
> Remember what Segher said: We're (ab)using gcc on x86 in a way that was
> never envisioned.
>   

... when we were jumping to fixed non-pic compiled code outside of our
pic scope.

I appreciate your scaremongering, but we should try not to confuse
apples with pears when comparing apples and oranges.

Stefan