From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB7DFC9832F for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:57:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1vhTGx-0008VA-Nd; Sun, 18 Jan 2026 08:56:56 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1vhRfv-0004U8-Or for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2026 07:14:37 -0500 Received: from mail.w13.tutanota.de ([185.205.69.213]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1vhRfs-0002xM-SD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2026 07:14:35 -0500 Received: from tutadb.w10.tutanota.de (w10.api.tuta.com [IPv6:fd:ac::d:10]) by mail.w13.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E72BFF88C19 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:14:27 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1768738467; s=s1; d=tutanota.com; h=From:From:To:To:Subject:Subject:Content-Description:Content-ID:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date:Date:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:Sender; bh=2OeZq/M+qgsymisTfDLFb0ajF/H5G7khYK0TpzfXG/Q=; b=ezBNi83MDem8GqLNc6T1Jc8doOTs41BFmEnU1HGAOaZfF5xWh9EPA8ehmCmMUmYZ B2/a/+LeJUQsPTAT+4nwNZCnIzHAv1wzoppajHhFiPT7FiQFORdt/DBsYpXYQjgWbLo 589bZRT+y2ouGbCTs4ZWs7/TD8rGDaRD8fhd5+yEAtrMlRv2oDFknR+wPiyw+aNU84W vQwsiN7/BxzdtPfS75KM2Abf0k7ubra2xcPI/yHPw3bPQqNi6NiSvbtLJE7uF55dX7Q 9Rmka0Kfw0vLdbQ3tn/ns39/c2g9jvHQlPX+o9s/HfTKBlG/1TFfsEC0jLZ9a7TKnJm fFhR5+z8Gg== Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:14:27 +0100 (CET) To: Grub Devel Message-ID: Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] Check linker for --image-base support MIME-Version: 1.0 Feedback-ID: 0180c8f1f5c20711d53c9f563b419bc57011def044e468d65393574d7ffe0687c92a631e2617a7222710930cad5e8bf7d57b3ed1f1ce0f8569779042ae380c9df4:TurnOnPrivacy!:tutamail Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.205.69.213; envelope-from=nine-ball@tutanota.com; helo=mail.w13.tutanota.de X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 08:56:50 -0500 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Hustler One via Grub-devel Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB Cc: nine-ball@tutanota.com Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0224570790781165081==" Errors-To: grub-devel-bounces+grub-devel=archiver.kernel.org@gnu.org Sender: grub-devel-bounces+grub-devel=archiver.kernel.org@gnu.org --===============0224570790781165081== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_351055_2010892712.1768738467578" ------=_Part_351055_2010892712.1768738467578 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I can confirm myself that this patch does the complete opposite of what it tries to achieve. I had to revert the commit when updating GRUB to 2.14 on [nixpkgs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/481112). Also, Leah Rowe has also done the same on [Libreboot](https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/src/branch/master/config/grub/nvme/patches/0010-Revert-configure-Check-linker-for-image-base-support.patch ). For me, at least, behavior was universally broken on both clang (LLVM21) and GCC. ------=_Part_351055_2010892712.1768738467578 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
I can confirm myself that this patch does the complete opposite of what it tries to achieve.

I had to revert the commit when updating GRUB to 2.14 on [nixpkgs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/481112).

).

For me, at least, behavior was universally broken on both clang (LLVM21) and GCC.

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