[build] Use separate code segment if supported by linker Some versions of ld will complain that the automatically created (and unused by our build process) ELF program headers include a "LOAD segment with RWX permissions". Silence this warning by adding "-z separate-code" to the linker options, where supported. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
diff --git a/src/Makefile.housekeeping b/src/Makefile.housekeeping index b32003e..061844e 100644 --- a/src/Makefile.housekeeping +++ b/src/Makefile.housekeeping
@@ -502,6 +502,13 @@ # LDFLAGS += -static +# Use separate code segment if supported by linker +# +ZSC_TEST = [ -z "`$(LD) -z separate-code --version 2>&1 > /dev/null`" ] +ZSC_FLAGS := $(shell $(ZSC_TEST) && \ + $(ECHO) '-z separate-code -z max-page-size=4096') +LDFLAGS += $(ZSC_FLAGS) + # compiler.h is needed for our linking and debugging system # CFLAGS += -include include/compiler.h