Re: Bug in grub 0.95

[Meino Christian Cramer]

From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug in grub 0.95
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:03:39 +0200

Hi Okuji !

 (see below)

> On Monday 14 June 2004 17:09, Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
> > Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
> > >      make[3]: Entering directory
> > > `/home/mccramer/tmp/grub-0.95/stage2' ffs_stage1_5 is too big (8448
> > > > 7168).
> > >      FAIL: size_test
> > >      =================================
> > >      1 of 1 tests failed
> > >      Please report to address@hidden
> > >      =================================
> >
> > This is actually expected and nonfatal. You can just ignore it.
> 
> It is true that this error is not very important, but I think it is 
> better not to ignore this error. Because, if Stage 1.5 becomes bigger, 
> Stage2 should become bigger as well. This does not affect anything, if 
> the size is still not too big. But if this exceeds available free space 
> before EBDA, this could be fatal.
>
> Probably Meino specified CFLAGS and/or CPPFLAGS explicitly when 
> compiling GRUB. 

  ...THAT'S IT!

  My default alias for compiling sets the CFLAGS ans CXXFLAGS to get
  most out of my Athlon XP.

  I unset both and recompiled grub and: TADA! All 1 tests passed!

> Since the default CFLAGS is quite optimized to reduce 
> the binary size, you should not try to alter the flags. 

  ...I see... :)

> We must add 
> this into the FAQ.

  Yes, especially for those, who set wrong flags in sense of not
  producing reliable code. That means not only make check will fail
  but also the Linux Box is no longer bootable anymore!

> Okuji


  Thank you very much for this hint !

  Now I can install one of my favourite programs without fear ! ;)))

  Kind regards,
  Meino