[vbox-dev] Virtualbox compiled as PIE/PIC

[Dariem Pérez Herrera]

Hi,
This is a patch I made trying to solve an issue presented in Gentoo 
Hardened project. VirtualBox doesn't compile with gcc if PIC/PIE related 
options are activated. The problem is related to inline asm code trying 
to use ebx register for passing arguments, but PIC/PIE systems reserve 
this register for specific functions, so special treatment is required 
when PIC/PIE is defined (gcc refuses to compile such a code if you don't 
do it). This may need extensive testing, but it seems to work fine. 
Please, let me know any problem you encounter. The patch is under MIT 
license.

best regards,

Dariem


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