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3 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Andreas Tobler
6bac4c3e6a Rename the linker emulation name for powerpc and powerc64. This is needed that
we can also use the upstream binutils linker where we have to have a unique
name for the FreeBSD emulation.
2011-11-19 19:25:57 +00:00
Nathan Whitehorn
67167531f0 Provide support in loader for booting 64-bit PowerPC kernels. Like amd64,
64-bit PowerPC kernels are loaded by a 32-bit loader, since nearly all
powerpc64 firmwares execute in 32-bit mode.
2010-07-12 00:49:22 +00:00
Ruslan Ermilov
042df2e2da Enable GCC stack protection (aka Propolice) for userland:
- It is opt-out for now so as to give it maximum testing, but it may be
  turned opt-in for stable branches depending on the consensus.  You
  can turn it off with WITHOUT_SSP.
- WITHOUT_SSP was previously used to disable the build of GNU libssp.
  It is harmless to steal the knob as SSP symbols have been provided
  by libc for a long time, GNU libssp should not have been much used.
- SSP is disabled in a few corners such as system bootstrap programs
  (sys/boot), process bootstrap code (rtld, csu) and SSP symbols themselves.
- It should be safe to use -fstack-protector-all to build world, however
  libc will be automatically downgraded to -fstack-protector because it
  breaks rtld otherwise.
- This option is unavailable on ia64.

Enable GCC stack protection (aka Propolice) for kernel:
- It is opt-out for now so as to give it maximum testing.
- Do not compile your kernel with -fstack-protector-all, it won't work.

Submitted by:	Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>
2008-06-25 21:33:28 +00:00