> > I recall finding a better explanation (or coming up with one myself)
> > when I originally tried this a few months ago, but I've since forgotten.
> > Considering that PIE broke it when introduced, I wouldn't be surprised
> > if some of our linking features are related.
>
> It's testing that it can run programs built with the compiler flags.
> config.log has this:
>
> configure:2424: cc -m32 -ftrampolines -fno-stack-protector -fno-pie -nopie
> conftest.c >&5
> /usr/bin/ld: warning: i386 architecture of input file `/tmp//ccNKPoep.o' is
> incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
>
> This (producing i386 code on amd64) is basically a cross-compile situation.
>
> > > I'm working on grub2 on amd64, I haven't tested that yet
> > > but following works on amd64:
>
> mmcc is right, grub 0.97 as present in the port does not build on amd64.
FYI, I just booted OpenBSD from "native OpenBSD" grub2 on amd64:
grub-install /dev/rwd0c # used qemu for testing
XX_xxxx files put into /etc/grub.d
cat >> /etc/grub.d/40_custom << EOF
menuentry "OpenBSD" {
set root=(hd0,4)
chainloader +1
}
EOF
grub-mkconfig -o /grub/grub.cfg
reboot
j.
