Fixed error in Make.common for GNU-EFI building

diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt
index 6933ef2db6746cc816eb634fb84ca346105614fe..dba98a5eb5d5f9db8bad89ed3dcf5e4144c94bb4 100644 (file)
--- a/BUILDING.txt
+++ b/BUILDING.txt
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ installed the toolkit:
     *_GCC46_X64_ASM_FLAGS            = DEF(GCC46_ASM_FLAGS) -m64
 
 11) Type "make -C /usr/local/UDK2010/MyWorkSpace/BaseTools/Source/C".
-    (This step is not documented on the EDK Web page.)
+    (This step is not documented on the EDK Web page.) Note that this
+    requires the g++ compiler and UUID development libraries.
     
 10) Type "build" to build the main set of EDK2 files. This process is
     likely to take a few minutes.

diff --git a/Make.common b/Make.common
index 331b76f08c03ba65db97eb815b480941e1ff7d67..405fb95c433e5d19d4f715e734e18f1c4e9ef887 100644 (file)
--- a/Make.common
+++ b/Make.common
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ CPPFLAGS        = -I$(EFIINC) -I$(EFIINC)/$(ARCH) -I$(EFIINC)/protocol -DCONFIG_
 OPTIMFLAGS      = -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing
 DEBUGFLAGS      = -Wall
 #CFLAGS          = $(ARCH3264) $(OPTIMFLAGS) -fpic -fshort-wchar $(DEBUGFLAGS)
-CFLAGS          = $(ARCH3264) $(OPTIMFLAGS) -fno-stack-protector -fpic -fshort-wchar $(DEBUGFLAGS)
+CFLAGS          = $(ARCH3264) $(OPTIMFLAGS) -fno-stack-protector -fpic -fshort-wchar -mno-red-zone $(DEBUGFLAGS)
 ASFLAGS         = $(ARCH3264)
 LDFLAGS         = -nostdlib -znocombreloc
 

diff --git a/docs/refind/installing.html b/docs/refind/installing.html
index c6481bdfa72d68d1a713b68aea6b33cb290d32fb..f8989974d67bb38cda98b17a87178bd1f0270267 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/refind/installing.html
+++ b/docs/refind/installing.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
 
 <p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
-11/6/2012, referencing rEFInd 0.4.7</p>
+11/7/2012, referencing rEFInd 0.4.7</p>
 
 
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@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ Filesystem     1K-blocks  Used Available Use% Mounted on
 
 <li>Rename the configuration file by typing <tt><b>mv refind.conf-sample refind.conf</b></tt>. Consult the <a href="configfile.html">Editing the rEFInd Configuration File</a> page for information on how to adjust your options.</li>
 
+<p class="sidebar"><b>Weird:</b> I've received one report about a Lenovo computer that works only if rEFInd is installed using the name (<tt>-L</tt> parameter) <tt>Windows Boot Manager</tt> and the existing Windows boot loader, if present, is renamed.</p>
+
 <a name="efibootmgr">
 <li>On a UEFI-based system, type <tt><b>efibootmgr -c -l \\EFI\\refind\\refind_x64.efi -L rEFInd</b></tt> to add rEFInd to your EFI's list of available boot loaders, which it stores in NVRAM. (Adjust the path to the binary as required if you install somewhere else.) You may need to install this program on some systems; it's a standard part of most distributions' repositories.</li>
 </a>
@@ -407,6 +409,8 @@ $ <b>ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi</b>
 
 <p>When you reboot, rEFInd should come up. With any luck, it will detect your old boot loader as an option, if one was installed before.</p>
 
+<p>If your computer seems to insist on booting an EFI boot loader called <tt>EFI/Microsoft/BOOT/bootmgfw.efi</tt>, be aware that it might not actually be looking for that filename, but for a boot manager with the EFI description <tt>Microsoft Boot Manager</tt>. Changing the description of the "real" <tt>EFI/Microsoft/BOOT/bootmgfw.efi</tt> using <tt>efibootmgr</tt> and then giving rEFInd that description, even when rEFInd is installed in a more conventional location, may work. I've received a report that at least one Lenovo model has this peculiar affliction.</p>
+
 <a name="upgrading">
 <h2>Upgrading rEFInd</h2>
 </a>

diff --git a/refind.conf-sample b/refind.conf-sample
index 22c8abc5203bf350ffd83dfc503a15d287832cfe..c5198a081ac4f6758fe619ec84f6a4e9f323c7d4 100644 (file)
--- a/refind.conf-sample
+++ b/refind.conf-sample
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ timeout 20
 # controllers, etc. In most cases none are needed, but if you add
 # EFI drivers and you want rEFInd to automatically load them, you
 # should specify one or more paths here. rEFInd always scans the
-# "drivers" subdirectory of its own installation directory; this
-# option specifies ADDITIONAL directories to scan.
+# "drivers" and "drivers_{arch}" subdirectories of its own installation
+# directory (where "{arch}" is your architecture code); this option
+# specifies ADDITIONAL directories to scan.
 # Default is to scan no additional directories for EFI drivers
 #
 #scan_driver_dirs EFI/tools/drivers,drivers