Re: PPC link error (memset with -fno-builtin)

[metgerards]

"Yoshinori K. Okuji" <address@hidden> writes:

> I think this should be discussed in grub-devel, since this is about GRUB 
> 2.

Isn't it better to change the bug reporting address in that case?

> On Wednesday 25 August 2004 10:56, address@hidden wrote:
> > Okuji, can I check this in and fix memmove and memcmp as well?
> 
> Sure.

Ok.

> > The GCC manual says about the alias attribute "Not all target
> > machines support this attribute".  If this is a problem we should
> > consider adding the functions and make them call the functions with
> > the grub_ prefixes.
> 
> If my understanding is correct, the statement actually means "Not all 
> binary formats support this attribute". Since we assume ELF support in 
> GRUB 2, there should be no problem.

This is just something we should not forget about.  For example we
might want to use COFF for older macs.

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Marco