Re: [PATCH] Add __enable_execute_stack() if required

[Christian Franke]

Robert Millan wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 09:42:50PM +0200, Christian Franke wrote:
>   
> > Some gcc versions generate a call to __enable_execute_stack() in 
> > trampolines for nested functions. This is the case for new Cygwin gcc-4.3.2.
> >
> > Other GRUB2 target platforms may be affected - the following files in 
> > 'gcc-4.3.2/gcc/config' source directory contains implementations of this 
> > function for libgcc:
> >
> > alpha/osf.h
> > darwin.h
> > netbsd.h
> >     
>
> I recall this was also an issue for NetBSD indeed.  Could someone confirm it
> fixes the problem there?
>
>   

There was also a related discussion for Mac OS X here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2005-12/msg00044.html

If there are no complaints, I will commit the patch on friday.

Christian