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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Add support for OpenBSD

To: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Add support for OpenBSD
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:41:42 +0100
Cc: Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 18/10/06 8:25 am, "Christoph Egger" <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>> We have that already in arch/x86/Rules.mk. If that was working, I doubt
>> Christoph would have gone to the trouble of hacking up the SSP goop.
> 
> I did this work in August. There wasn't anything SSP-related there. So
> without SSP support, I got into linking errors.
> Now that the work is done, why shouldn't it go in?

Uncertainty about new compiler-assisted stuff that I don't believe will
catch any bugs in Xen. Linux guys have clearly reached the same conclusion.
Given we even turn off frame pointers in non-debug builds, is it likely
we'll take this? :-)

 -- Keir



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