From 9cf12b20afdd2fb047d407346623c7ff649ffa5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:50:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] 	* configure.ac: Compile with -fPIC when compiling with
 clang on 	mips.

---
 ChangeLog    |  5 +++++
 configure.ac | 15 +++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8b21400fe..6faadecdb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-11-22  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Compile with -fPIC when compiling with clang on
+	mips.
+
 2013-11-22  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* configure.ac: Add -no-integrated-as on mips(el) to TARGET_CCASFLAGS
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1df1e7ef4..8852a9899 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -767,10 +767,17 @@ CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS"
 
 # Position independent executable.
 grub_CHECK_PIC
-[# Need that, because some distributions ship compilers that include
-# `-fPIC' in the default specs.
-if [ x"$pic_possible" = xyes ]; then
-  TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -fno-PIC"
+[# On most platforms we don't want PIC as it only makes relocations harder
+# and code less efficient. On mips we want to have one got table per module
+# and reload $gp in every function.
+# GCC implements it using symbol __gnu_local_gp in non-PIC as well.
+# However with clang we need PIC for this reloading to happen.
+# Since default varies across dictributions use either -fPIC or -fno-PIC
+# explicitly.
+if ( test x$target_cpu = xmips || test x$target_cpu = xmipsel ) && test "x$grub_cv_cc_target_clang" = xyes ; then
+   TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -fPIC"
+elif [ x"$pic_possible" = xyes ]; then
+   TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -fno-PIC"
 fi]
 
 CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS"