Re: [Xen-devel] Can't build ipxe with 6.1.1

[Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/01/2016 03:35 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 01/09/16 20:27, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>> Newer gcc (6.1.1 is what I am using with Fedora 24) is having trouble
>> compiling ipxe that is fetched by Xen, mostly due to stricter checks.
>>
>> I have a patch that fixes all these warnings but do we want it or should
>> we instead upgrade to latest ipxe version? (It builds fine but I haven't
>> tested it).
> We should really update to a newer iPXE.
>
> The version pulled from xenbits is ages old, and there is no excuse for
> having a opencoded patch queue on top of it.
>
> It would be better if it could switch to being like seabios, with a git
> tree rather than a tarball, and a --with-system-ipxe= ./configure
> option.  This will finally get rid of the last wget'ism out of the
> non-stubdom build, which is a distinct improvement for most downstream
> consumers of the project.
>
> (I realise I am dumping part of my TODO list on you, but you literally
> are asking for it with that question :) - if not, I will get around to
> it some day.)

Sure, I'll look at this.

-boris

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