diff --git a/src/build/linker/linker.C b/src/build/linker/linker.C
index d6ac6f11903..3b47b15252b 100644
--- a/src/build/linker/linker.C
+++ b/src/build/linker/linker.C
@@ -269,6 +269,36 @@ inline void advance_to_page_align(FILE * i_f)
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Throw error if std::fread was performed incorrectly.
+ * @param[i] i_buffer: pointer to the first object in the array to be read
+ * @param[i] i_size: size of each object in i_buffer array, in bytes
+ * @param[i] i_count: number of the objects in i_buffer array to be read
+ * @param[i] i_stream: input-file pointer
+ */
+inline void fread_wrapper(void* i_buffer, const size_t i_size,
+        const size_t i_count, FILE* i_stream)
+{
+
+    size_t n_values_read = fread(i_buffer,i_size,i_count,i_stream);
+
+    if (i_count != n_values_read)
+    {
+        if (feof(i_stream))
+        {
+            throw "End of file reached, file not read fully.";
+        }
+        else if (ferror(i_stream))
+        {
+            throw "Error occurred while reading file.";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw "Unknown read error.";
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 //
 // Global variables
 //
@@ -597,7 +627,7 @@ bool Object::write_object()
         long int file_size = ftell(file);
         uint8_t * buffer = new uint8_t[file_size];
         fseek(file,0,SEEK_SET);
-        fread(buffer,file_size,1,file);
+        fread_wrapper(buffer,file_size,1,file);
         fwrite(buffer,file_size,1,iv_output);
         delete [] buffer;
         fclose(file);
@@ -795,7 +825,7 @@ bool Object::perform_local_relocations()
         char data[sizeof(uint64_t)];
 
         fseek(iv_output, offset + i->address, SEEK_SET);
-        fread(data, sizeof(uint64_t), 1, iv_output);
+        fread_wrapper(data, sizeof(uint64_t), 1, iv_output);
 
         address = bfd_getb64(data);
         if ((address != i->addend) && (address != 0))
@@ -885,7 +915,8 @@ bool Object::perform_global_relocations()
                         }
 
                         fseek(j->iv_output, symbol_addr, SEEK_SET);
-                        fread(data, sizeof(uint64_t), 3, j->iv_output);
+                        fread_wrapper(data, sizeof(uint64_t), 3,
+                                              j->iv_output);
 
                         fseek(iv_output, offset + i->address, SEEK_SET);
                         fwrite(data, sizeof(uint64_t), 3, iv_output);
@@ -996,7 +1027,7 @@ void ModuleTable::write_table(vector<Object> & i_objects)
         cout << "Updating base module table..." << endl;
         fseek(iv_output, module_table_offset, SEEK_SET);
         char mx_mod_ch = 0;
-        fread(&mx_mod_ch,sizeof(char),1,iv_output);
+        fread_wrapper(&mx_mod_ch,sizeof(char),1,iv_output);
         max_modules = (uint64_t)mx_mod_ch; // VFS_MODULE_MAX;
         ++i;
     }
diff --git a/src/build/mkrules/cflags.env.mk b/src/build/mkrules/cflags.env.mk
index c805999a558..971c11b9ad8 100644
--- a/src/build/mkrules/cflags.env.mk
+++ b/src/build/mkrules/cflags.env.mk
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ CFLAGS += -D__HOSTBOOT_MODULE=$(MODULE)
 endif
 
 COMMONFLAGS += $(OPT_LEVEL) -nostdlib
+# TODO RTC: 123994 - ELFv2 ABI support (-mabi=elfv1)
 CFLAGS += $(COMMONFLAGS) -mcpu=power7 -nostdinc -g -mno-vsx -mno-altivec\
           -Wall -Werror -mtraceback=no -pipe \
-	  -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -ffreestanding -mbig-endian
-ASMFLAGS += $(COMMONFLAGS) -mcpu=power7 -mbig-endian
+	  -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -ffreestanding -mbig-endian \
+      -mabi=elfv1
+ASMFLAGS += $(COMMONFLAGS) -mcpu=power7 -mbig-endian -mabi=elfv1
 CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -nostdinc++ -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall \
-	    -fuse-cxa-atexit
+	    -fuse-cxa-atexit -std=gnu++03
 LDFLAGS += --nostdlib --sort-common -EB $(COMMONFLAGS)
 
 INCFLAGS = $(addprefix -I, $(INCDIR) )
diff --git a/src/build/trace/tracehash.c b/src/build/trace/tracehash.c
index d28920fe784..26607898efe 100644
--- a/src/build/trace/tracehash.c
+++ b/src/build/trace/tracehash.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /*                                                                        */
 /* OpenPOWER HostBoot Project                                             */
 /*                                                                        */
-/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2013,2015                        */
+/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2013,2017                        */
 /* [+] International Business Machines Corp.                              */
 /*                                                                        */
 /*                                                                        */
@@ -471,14 +471,7 @@ void create_sections(bfd* inFile, asection* s, void* param)
             // for this section to point to the group
             // symbol
             // Binutils 2.24 BFD requires an offset of 176
-            // Binutils 2.22 BFD requires an offset of 168
-            // So we're just going to key off a define that's only in 2.24
-            // TODO RTC 123492
-#ifdef bfd_find_nearest_line_discriminator
             uint32_t offset = 176;
-#else
-            uint32_t offset = 168;
-#endif
             void *ptr_sym_offset = s->used_by_bfd + offset;
             asymbol **tsym = (asymbol **)ptr_sym_offset;
             *tsym = gsym;
@@ -672,7 +665,10 @@ char* create_format_string(const char* string)
     size_t r_pos = 0; // Current position in result string.
 
     // Iterate through source string looking for format tags.
-    for(size_t pos = 0; pos < length; pos++)
+    // length - 2 was used because "length" already includes the 0 terminal byte
+    //   and we want to make sure we have at least one char beyond the "%"
+    //   that way we have two which should deal with most cases
+    for(size_t pos = 0; pos < (length-2); pos++)
     {
         // Skip if not %.
         if (string[pos] != '%') continue;
@@ -889,7 +885,7 @@ void parse_traceinfo(bfd* inFile, asection* s)
             static const char filesep[] = ": ";
 
             size_t len_begin = replace_pos - (char*)&contents[pos];
-            size_t len_end = strlen(&contents[pos]) -
+            size_t len_end = strlen(&contents[pos + len_begin]) -
                              strlen(TRACEPP_REPLACE_WITH_FILENAME);
             size_t length = len_begin + strlen(filename) + len_end +
                             strlen(filesep) + 1;
diff --git a/src/include/kernel/cpumgr.H b/src/include/kernel/cpumgr.H
index 68f8972784a..6e9b697b837 100644
--- a/src/include/kernel/cpumgr.H
+++ b/src/include/kernel/cpumgr.H
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class CpuManager
              */
         static uint64_t cv_cpuSeq;
 
-        static bool cv_forcedMemPeriodic;       //!<  force free / coalesce.
+        static uint8_t cv_forcedMemPeriodic;       //!<  force free / coalesce.
 
         // If a shutdown of all CPUs is requested
         static bool cv_shutdown_requested;
diff --git a/src/include/usr/devicefw/driverif.H b/src/include/usr/devicefw/driverif.H
index a148725b5fd..cea9e955734 100644
--- a/src/include/usr/devicefw/driverif.H
+++ b/src/include/usr/devicefw/driverif.H
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ namespace DeviceFW
                              TargType i_targetType,
                              deviceOp_t i_regRoute)
     {
-        return InvalidParameterType(); // Cause a compile fail if not one of
+        InvalidParameterType(); // Cause a compile fail if not one of
                                        // the explicit template specializations.
     }
 
@@ -324,8 +324,12 @@ namespace DeviceFW
                         void* io_buffer, size_t& io_buflen,
                         AccType i_accessType, ...)
     {
-        return InvalidParameterType(); // Cause a compile fail if not one of
-                                       // the explicit template specializations.
+        // Cause a compile fail if not one of
+        // the explicit template specializations.
+        static_assert(sizeof(AccType) != sizeof(AccType), "Must use"
+                      " an explicitly supported template specialization");
+        errlHndl_t errl = nullptr;
+        return errl;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -349,8 +353,12 @@ namespace DeviceFW
                         void* io_buffer, size_t& io_buflen,
                         AccType i_accessType, va_list i_args)
     {
-        return InvalidParameterType(); // Cause a compile fail if not one of
-                                       // the explicit template specializations.
+        // Cause a compile fail if not one of
+        // the explicit template specializations.
+        static_assert(sizeof(AccType) != sizeof(AccType), "Must use"
+                      " an explicitly supported template specialization");
+        errlHndl_t errl = nullptr;
+        return errl;
     }
 
     // --- Below are template specializations to aid in type-safety. ---
diff --git a/src/include/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdAttr.H b/src/include/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdAttr.H
index e5af2c9e134..7edf2bfa0bc 100755
--- a/src/include/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdAttr.H
+++ b/src/include/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdAttr.H
@@ -227,6 +227,13 @@ namespace getAttrData
         uint8_t              iv_systemType;
         uint8_t              iv_systemType_ext;
         uint8_t              iv_dataVersion;
+    public:
+	MBvpdVMKeyword() : iv_version(0),iv_systemType(0),
+			   iv_systemType_ext(0),iv_dataVersion(0) {};
+	operator uint32_t() const {
+		return iv_version << 24 | iv_systemType << 16 |
+			iv_systemType_ext << 8 | iv_dataVersion;
+	}
     };
 //  Attribute definition
     struct MBvpdAttrDef
diff --git a/src/include/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion.H b/src/include/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion.H
index f172508cb5e..85460b2107c 100644
--- a/src/include/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion.H
+++ b/src/include/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion.H
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #define _HWP_GETMBVPDMEMDATAVERSION_
 
 #include <fapi.H>
-#define VM_KEYWORD_DEFAULT_VALUE 0x00000000
 
 // function pointer typedef definition for HWP call support
 typedef fapi::ReturnCode (*getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion_FP_t)
diff --git a/src/include/usr/targeting/common/target.H b/src/include/usr/targeting/common/target.H
index 1243deebe38..2e793d789be 100644
--- a/src/include/usr/targeting/common/target.H
+++ b/src/include/usr/targeting/common/target.H
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@ bool Target::tryGetAttr(typename AttributeTraits<A>::Type& o_attrValue) const
 template<const ATTRIBUTE_ID A>
 bool Target::trySetAttr(typename AttributeTraits<A>::Type const& i_attrValue)
 {
-    if(AttributeTraits<A>::writeable) { }
-    if(AttributeTraits<A>::notHbMutex) { }
+    if(AttributeTraits<A>::writeable == AttributeTraits<A>::writeable) { }
+    if(AttributeTraits<A>::notHbMutex == AttributeTraits<A>::notHbMutex) { }
     return _trySetAttr(A,sizeof(i_attrValue),&i_attrValue);
 }
 
@@ -641,18 +641,18 @@ void Target::setAttr(typename AttributeTraits<A>::Type const& i_attrValue)
 template<const ATTRIBUTE_ID A>
 mutex_t* Target::getHbMutexAttr() const
 {
-    if(AttributeTraits<A>::hbMutex) { }
-    if(AttributeTraits<A>::readable) { }
-    if(AttributeTraits<A>::writeable) { }
+    if(AttributeTraits<A>::hbMutex == AttributeTraits<A>::hbMutex) { }
+    if(AttributeTraits<A>::readable == AttributeTraits<A>::readable) { }
+    if(AttributeTraits<A>::writeable == AttributeTraits<A>::writeable) { }
     return _getHbMutexAttr(A);
 }
 
 template<const ATTRIBUTE_ID A>
 util::Mutex* Target::getFspMutexAttr() const
 {
-    if(AttributeTraits<A>::fspMutex) { }
-    if(AttributeTraits<A>::readable) { }
-    if(AttributeTraits<A>::writeable) { }
+    if(AttributeTraits<A>::fspMutex == AttributeTraits<A>::fspMutex) { }
+    if(AttributeTraits<A>::readable == AttributeTraits<A>::readable) { }
+    if(AttributeTraits<A>::writeable == AttributeTraits<A>::writeable) { }
     return _getFspMutexAttr(A);
 }
 
@@ -660,9 +660,9 @@ template<const ATTRIBUTE_ID A>
 bool Target::tryGetHbMutexAttr(
     mutex_t*& o_pMutex) const
 {
-    if(AttributeTraits<A>::hbMutex) { }
-    if(AttributeTraits<A>::readable) { }
-    if(AttributeTraits<A>::writeable) { }
+    if(AttributeTraits<A>::hbMutex == AttributeTraits<A>::hbMutex) { }
+    if(AttributeTraits<A>::readable == AttributeTraits<A>::readable) { }
+    if(AttributeTraits<A>::writeable == AttributeTraits<A>::writeable) { }
     return _tryGetHbMutexAttr(A,o_pMutex);
 }
 
@@ -672,7 +672,8 @@ const char* Target::getAttrAsString() const
     // Note: the compiler optimizes the following check (which fails
     // at compile time if the attribute does not have a string
     // conversion) away
-    if(AttributeTraits<A>::hasStringConversion) { }
+    if(AttributeTraits<A>::hasStringConversion ==
+            AttributeTraits<A>::hasStringConversion) { }
     typename AttributeTraits<A>::Type l_attrValue;
     bool l_read = tryGetAttr<A>(l_attrValue);
     if (unlikely(!l_read))
diff --git a/src/include/util/locked/list.H b/src/include/util/locked/list.H
index 6708b383b4e..31bbd713f1b 100644
--- a/src/include/util/locked/list.H
+++ b/src/include/util/locked/list.H
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 /*                                                                        */
 /* OpenPOWER HostBoot Project                                             */
 /*                                                                        */
-/* COPYRIGHT International Business Machines Corp. 2010,2014              */
+/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2010,2019                        */
+/* [+] International Business Machines Corp.                              */
+/*                                                                        */
 /*                                                                        */
 /* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");        */
 /* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.       */
@@ -42,9 +44,9 @@ namespace Util
 		void insert(_T*);
 
 		void erase(_T* node);
-		void erase(_K& key);
+                _T* erase(_K& key);
 
-		_T* find(_K& key) const;
+                _T* find(_K& key) const;
 
                 bool empty();
                 _T* begin();
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ namespace Util
 	}
 
 	template <typename _T, typename _K, bool locked, typename _S>
-	void List<_T,_K,locked,_S>::erase(_K& key)
+        _T* List<_T,_K,locked,_S>::erase(_K& key)
 	{
 	    __lock();
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/cpumgr.C b/src/kernel/cpumgr.C
index b59fa702534..a963336a0b1 100644
--- a/src/kernel/cpumgr.C
+++ b/src/kernel/cpumgr.C
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ cpu_t** CpuManager::cv_cpus[KERNEL_MAX_SUPPORTED_NODES];
 bool CpuManager::cv_shutdown_requested = false;
 uint64_t CpuManager::cv_shutdown_status = 0;
 size_t CpuManager::cv_cpuSeq = 0;
-bool CpuManager::cv_forcedMemPeriodic = false;
+uint8_t CpuManager::cv_forcedMemPeriodic = 0;
 InteractiveDebug CpuManager::cv_interactive_debug;
 
 CpuManager::CpuManager() : iv_lastStartTimebase(0)
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void CpuManager::executePeriodics(cpu_t * i_cpu)
         }
 
         bool forceMemoryPeriodic = __sync_fetch_and_and(&cv_forcedMemPeriodic,
-                                                        false);
+                                                        0);
 
         ++(i_cpu->periodic_count);
         if((0 == (i_cpu->periodic_count % CPU_PERIODIC_CHECK_MEMORY)) ||
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ size_t CpuManager::getThreadCount()
 
 void CpuManager::forceMemoryPeriodic()
 {
-    cv_forcedMemPeriodic = true;
+    cv_forcedMemPeriodic = 1;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/shutdown.S b/src/kernel/shutdown.S
index 629645b26c8..cad5c66b813 100644
--- a/src/kernel/shutdown.S
+++ b/src/kernel/shutdown.S
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 #
 # OpenPOWER HostBoot Project
 #
-# COPYRIGHT International Business Machines Corp. 2012,2014
+# Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2012,2017
+# [+] International Business Machines Corp.
+#
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ kernel_shutdown_ea0_1_mode:
         ;// as it was the one that updated the cpu_count & lowest_pir
         ;// barrier - 1 wait for all nodes to report
     mfspr  r10, PIR
-    cmp    cr0, r10, r7
+    cmpw    cr0, r10, r7
     bne+ 2f       ;// inside KERNEL_BARRIER below
 
         ;// Perform barrier - 1
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ kernel_shutdown_ea0_1_mode:
     addi r8, r8, 8
             ;// Check for PIR == r7.
     mfspr r10, PIR
-    cmp cr0, r10, r7
+    cmpw cr0, r10, r7
     beq 3f
         ;// Increment thread count.
 1:
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ kernel_shutdown_ea0_1_mode:
 1:
     or 1,1,1
     ld r11, 0(r8)
-    cmp cr0, r3, r11
+    cmpw cr0, r3, r11
     bne+ 1b
     isync
         ;// All other threads have left, so wait a little bit...
diff --git a/src/lib/utilmisc.C b/src/lib/utilmisc.C
index d1145845405..c19b8851a1d 100644
--- a/src/lib/utilmisc.C
+++ b/src/lib/utilmisc.C
@@ -29,14 +29,19 @@ namespace Util
 {
 
 bool isSimics() __attribute__((alias("__isSimicsRunning")));
-extern "C" void __isSimicsRunning() NEVER_INLINE;
+extern "C" bool __isSimicsRunning() NEVER_INLINE;
 
-void __isSimicsRunning()
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wreturn-type"
+
+bool __isSimicsRunning()
 {
     asm volatile("li 3, 0");
     MAGIC_INSTRUCTION(MAGIC_SIMICS_CHECK);
 }
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+
 bool isSimicsRunning()
 {
     static bool simics = isSimics();
diff --git a/src/usr/console/uart.C b/src/usr/console/uart.C
index aa85df50b09..c267d6040f3 100644
--- a/src/usr/console/uart.C
+++ b/src/usr/console/uart.C
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ namespace CONSOLE
             // Wait for transmit FIFO to have space.
             {
                 const uint64_t DELAY_NS = 100;
-                const uint64_t DELAY_LOOPS = 10000;
+                const uint64_t DELAY_LOOPS = 100000000;
 
                 uint8_t data = 0;
                 uint64_t loops = 0;
diff --git a/src/usr/devicefw/driverif.C b/src/usr/devicefw/driverif.C
index acd2a5a1d75..9f7c6899568 100644
--- a/src/usr/devicefw/driverif.C
+++ b/src/usr/devicefw/driverif.C
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 /*                                                                        */
 /* OpenPOWER HostBoot Project                                             */
 /*                                                                        */
-/* COPYRIGHT International Business Machines Corp. 2011,2014              */
+/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2011,2019                        */
+/* [+] International Business Machines Corp.                              */
+/*                                                                        */
 /*                                                                        */
 /* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");        */
 /* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.       */
@@ -31,6 +33,16 @@
 
 namespace DeviceFW
 {
+
+// This extension will silence warnings relating to the mis-match of argument
+// types used in the various aliases created in this document.
+
+// The following flag is only available in GCC 8
+#if __GNUC__ >= 8
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wattribute-alias"
+#endif
+
     /** @brief Wrapper function to call singleton instance for registerRoute.
      *
      *  This is defined as an extern "C" function so that it can be aliased
@@ -199,4 +211,8 @@ namespace DeviceFW
                           AccessType_DriverOnly i_accessType, va_list i_args)
         __attribute__((alias("DeviceFW_deviceOpValist")));        
 
+#if __GNUC__ >= 8
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
+
 };
diff --git a/src/usr/diag/prdf/common/framework/register/prdfErrorRegister.C b/src/usr/diag/prdf/common/framework/register/prdfErrorRegister.C
index 9ee1358eb3b..ef7279b9deb 100755
--- a/src/usr/diag/prdf/common/framework/register/prdfErrorRegister.C
+++ b/src/usr/diag/prdf/common/framework/register/prdfErrorRegister.C
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ ErrorRegister::ErrorRegister( SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS & r, ResolutionMap & rm,
     ErrorRegisterType(), scr(r), scr_rc(SUCCESS), rMap(rm),
     xNoErrorOnZeroScr(false), xScrId(scrId)
 {
-    PRDF_ASSERT( &r  != NULL );
-    PRDF_ASSERT( &rm != NULL );
 }
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/src/usr/diag/prdf/common/framework/register/prdfOperatorRegister.H b/src/usr/diag/prdf/common/framework/register/prdfOperatorRegister.H
index b0513e48378..a26a76e05ec 100755
--- a/src/usr/diag/prdf/common/framework/register/prdfOperatorRegister.H
+++ b/src/usr/diag/prdf/common/framework/register/prdfOperatorRegister.H
@@ -434,15 +434,15 @@ class AttnTypeRegister : public SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS
         iv_bs = &iv_iBS;
     }
 
-    AttnTypeRegister( SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS & i_check,
-                      SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS & i_recov,
-                      SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS & i_special,
-                      SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS & i_proccs ) :
+    AttnTypeRegister( SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS *i_check,
+                      SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS *i_recov,
+                      SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS *i_special,
+                      SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS *i_proccs ) :
         SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS( ),
-        iv_check(  NULL == &i_check   ? &cv_null : &i_check),
-        iv_recov(  NULL == &i_recov   ? &cv_null : &i_recov),
-        iv_special(NULL == &i_special ? &cv_null : &i_special),
-        iv_proccs( NULL == &i_proccs  ? &cv_null : &i_proccs),
+        iv_check(  NULL == i_check   ? &cv_null : i_check),
+        iv_recov(  NULL == i_recov   ? &cv_null : i_recov),
+        iv_special(NULL == i_special ? &cv_null : i_special),
+        iv_proccs( NULL == i_proccs  ? &cv_null : i_proccs),
         iv_iBS(0)         // will fully initialize this inside ctor.
     {
         uint32_t l_length = 1024;
diff --git a/src/usr/diag/prdf/common/framework/register/prdfScanFacility.C b/src/usr/diag/prdf/common/framework/register/prdfScanFacility.C
index 5ab5ba718ba..1af0e307e0b 100755
--- a/src/usr/diag/prdf/common/framework/register/prdfScanFacility.C
+++ b/src/usr/diag/prdf/common/framework/register/prdfScanFacility.C
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS &  ScanFacility::GetAttnTypeRegister(
                                            SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS * i_special,
                                            SCAN_COMM_REGISTER_CLASS * i_proccs )
 {
-  AttnTypeRegister r(*i_check, *i_recov, *i_special, *i_proccs);
+  AttnTypeRegister r(i_check, i_recov, i_special, i_proccs);
   return iv_attnRegFw.get(r);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/usr/errl/errludlogregister.C b/src/usr/errl/errludlogregister.C
index 77e385dbbe8..34cbbf5463f 100644
--- a/src/usr/errl/errludlogregister.C
+++ b/src/usr/errl/errludlogregister.C
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ namespace ERRORLOG
 {
 
 using namespace TARGETING;
+using namespace DeviceFW;
 
 extern TARG_TD_t g_trac_errl;
 
@@ -277,6 +278,16 @@ void ErrlUserDetailsLogRegister::copyRegisterData(
  *
  *  This function will call the readRegister() function to log and do the read.
  */
+
+// This extension will silence warnings relating to the mis-match of argument
+// types used in the various aliases created in this document.
+
+// The following flag is only available in GCC 8
+#if __GNUC__ >= 8
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wattribute-alias"
+#endif
+
 template <>
 void ErrlUserDetailsLogRegister::addData<>(
     DeviceFW::AccessType i_accessType, ...)
@@ -289,6 +300,9 @@ __attribute__((alias("_ZN8ERRORLOG26ErrlUserDetailsLogRegister9__addDataEhz")));
 void ErrlUserDetailsLogRegister::__addData(
     uint8_t i_accessType, ...)
 {
+    static_assert(LAST_DRIVER_ACCESS_TYPE <= UINT8_MAX,
+        "Logic violation, LAST_DRIVER_ACCESS_TYPE is greater than UINT8_MAX.");
+
     TRACDCOMP(g_trac_errl, "LogRegister::addData: type %x",
         i_accessType);
 
@@ -316,6 +330,10 @@ void ErrlUserDetailsLogRegister::addDataBuffer<>(
     DeviceFW::AccessType_DriverOnly i_accessType, ...)
 __attribute__((alias("_ZN8ERRORLOG26ErrlUserDetailsLogRegister15__addDataBufferEPvmhz")));
 
+#if __GNUC__ >= 8
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif // ignoring -Wattribute-alias in GCC 8
+
 void ErrlUserDetailsLogRegister::__addDataBuffer(
     void *i_dataBuf, size_t i_dataSize,
     uint8_t i_accessType, ...)
diff --git a/src/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdAttr.C b/src/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdAttr.C
index 3739c757134..a4685ad04cb 100755
--- a/src/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdAttr.C
+++ b/src/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdAttr.C
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ fapi::ReturnCode getVersion  (const fapi::Target    & i_mbaTarget,
     fapi::Target l_mbTarget;
     fapi::MBvpdKeyword l_keyword = fapi::MBVPD_KEYWORD_VM;  // try VM first
     fapi::MBvpdRecord  l_record  = fapi::MBVPD_RECORD_SPDX; // default to SPDX
-    MBvpdVMKeyword l_vmVersionBuf={};
+    MBvpdVMKeyword l_vmVersionBuf;
     uint32_t l_version = 0;
     uint32_t l_vmBufSize = sizeof(MBvpdVMKeyword); // VM keyword is of 4 bytes.
     uint16_t l_versionBuf = 0;
diff --git a/src/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion.C b/src/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion.C
index 2f83fa234d2..ef6451588a8 100644
--- a/src/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion.C
+++ b/src/usr/hwpf/hwp/mvpd_accessors/getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion.C
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fapi::ReturnCode getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion(
     fapi::ReturnCode l_fapirc;
     DimmType l_dimmType = ISDIMM;
     fapi::MBvpdRecord  l_record  = fapi::MBVPD_RECORD_SPDX;
-    uint32_t l_vpdMemoryDataVersion = VM_KEYWORD_DEFAULT_VALUE;   
+    MBvpdVMKeyword l_vpdMemoryDataVersion;
     uint32_t l_bufSize = sizeof(l_vpdMemoryDataVersion);
 
     FAPI_DBG("getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion: entry ");
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ fapi::ReturnCode getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion(
         }
                     
         // Check if the format byte in the value returned is in between valid range
-        if (( ((MBvpdVMKeyword *)(&l_vpdMemoryDataVersion))->iv_version >  VM_SUPPORTED_HIGH_VER )||
-            ( ((MBvpdVMKeyword *)(&l_vpdMemoryDataVersion))->iv_version == VM_NOT_SUPPORTED ))
+        if ((l_vpdMemoryDataVersion.iv_version >  VM_SUPPORTED_HIGH_VER )||
+            (l_vpdMemoryDataVersion.iv_version == VM_NOT_SUPPORTED ))
         {
             FAPI_ERR("getMBvpdMemoryDataVersion:"
                      " keyword data returned is invalid : %d ",
diff --git a/src/usr/hwpf/ifcompiler/initCompiler.C b/src/usr/hwpf/ifcompiler/initCompiler.C
index 0ea6dfb7df4..496d73087ff 100755
--- a/src/usr/hwpf/ifcompiler/initCompiler.C
+++ b/src/usr/hwpf/ifcompiler/initCompiler.C
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /*                                                                        */
 /* OpenPOWER HostBoot Project                                             */
 /*                                                                        */
-/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2011,2014                        */
+/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2011,2020                        */
 /* [+] International Business Machines Corp.                              */
 /*                                                                        */
 /*                                                                        */
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Parser::Parser(int narg, char ** argv)
         }
         else
         {
-            cout << stats;
+            cout << stats.rdbuf();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/usr/hwpf/makefile b/src/usr/hwpf/makefile
index 8d0bb723fc0..ee8cf13d7f3 100644
--- a/src/usr/hwpf/makefile
+++ b/src/usr/hwpf/makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # OpenPOWER HostBoot Project
 #
-# Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2011,2015
+# Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2011,2016
 # [+] International Business Machines Corp.
 #
 #
@@ -402,18 +402,26 @@ $(call GENTARGET, ${IF_CMP_FLEX_TARGET}) : \
 	$(C2) "    FLEX       $(notdir $<)"
 	$(C1)flex -o$@ $^
 
+try = $(shell set -e; if ($(1)) >/dev/null 2>&1; \
+        then echo "$(2)"; \
+        else echo "$(3)"; fi )
+
+try-cflag = $(call try,$(1) $(2) -x c -c /dev/null -o /dev/null,$(2))
+HOSTCFLAGS:=-O3
+HOSTCFLAGS+=$(call try-cflag,$(HOST_PREFIX)g++,-std=gnu++03)
+
 $(GENDIR)/$(IF_CMP_SUBDIR)/%.host.o: \
 	    ifcompiler/%.C $(IF_COMPILER_H_FILES) \
 	    $(GENDIR)/$(IF_CMP_YACC_H_TARGET)
 	$(C2) "    CXX        $(notdir $<)"
-	$(C1)$(CCACHE) $(HOST_PREFIX)g++ -O3 $< -I ifcompiler -I $(GENDIR) \
+	$(C1)$(CCACHE) $(HOST_PREFIX)g++ $(HOSTCFLAGS) $< -I ifcompiler -I $(GENDIR) \
 			-I $(GENDIR)/$(IF_CMP_SUBDIR) \
 			-I $(ROOTPATH)/src/include/usr/hwpf/hwp -c -o $@
 
 $(GENDIR)/$(IF_CMP_YACC_C_TARGET:.c=.host.o): \
     $(GENDIR)/$(IF_CMP_YACC_C_TARGET) $(IF_COMPILER_H_FILES)
 	$(C2) "    CXX        $(notdir $<)"
-	$(C1)$(CCACHE) $(HOST_PREFIX)g++ -O3 $< -I ifcompiler -I $(GENDIR) \
+	$(C1)$(CCACHE) $(HOST_PREFIX)g++ $(HOSTCFLAGS) $< -I ifcompiler -I $(GENDIR) \
 			-I $(GENDIR)/$(IF_CMP_SUBDIR) \
 			-I $(ROOTPATH)/src/include/usr/hwpf/hwp -c -o $@
 
@@ -421,7 +429,7 @@ $(GENDIR)/$(IF_CMP_FLEX_TARGET:.c=.host.o): \
     $(GENDIR)/$(IF_CMP_FLEX_TARGET) $(IF_COMPILER_H_FILES) \
     $(GENDIR)/$(IF_CMP_YACC_H_TARGET)
 	$(C2) "    CXX        $(notdir $<)"
-	$(C1)$(CCACHE) $(HOST_PREFIX)g++ -O3 -DHOSTBOOT_COMPILE $< -I ifcompiler -I $(GENDIR) \
+	$(C1)$(CCACHE) $(HOST_PREFIX)g++ $(HOSTCFLAGS) -DHOSTBOOT_COMPILE $< -I ifcompiler -I $(GENDIR) \
 			-I $(GENDIR)/$(IF_CMP_SUBDIR) \
 			-I $(ROOTPATH)/src/include/usr/hwpf/hwp -c -o $@
 
diff --git a/src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/xmltohb.pl b/src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/xmltohb.pl
index 5bcaf503aa2..16cffb970af 100755
--- a/src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/xmltohb.pl
+++ b/src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/xmltohb.pl
@@ -1451,9 +1451,17 @@ sub writeStringHeaderFileHeader {
 const char* attrToString(
     typename AttributeTraits<A>::Type const& i_attrValue)
 {
-    // Default behavior is to fail the compile if caller attempt to print an
+    // Default behavior is to fail the compile if caller attempts to print an
     // unsupported string
-    return InvalidAttributeForStringification();
+    #ifdef __HOSTBOOT_MODULE
+        static_assert(A != A, \"Must use an explicitly supported template \"
+                              \"specialization\");
+    #else
+        char mustUseTemplateSpecialization[A != A ? 1 : -1];
+    #endif
+
+    const char* retVal = NULL;
+    return retVal;
 }
 
 VERBATIM
diff --git a/src/usr/testcore/rtloader/loader.H b/src/usr/testcore/rtloader/loader.H
index 53a0c0fa168..1d5f56e47a9 100644
--- a/src/usr/testcore/rtloader/loader.H
+++ b/src/usr/testcore/rtloader/loader.H
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ class RuntimeLoaderTest : public CxxTest::TestSuite
 
                 //fix the offset for the TEST section so that the testcases
                 //don't collide
-                i_offset = (PNOR::TEST) ? (i_offset+
+                i_offset = (l_id==PNOR::TEST) ? (i_offset+
                        ((PNOR::pnorTestSec_rt_readwrite_offset*9)/8)):i_offset;
 
                 uint32_t l_flashAddr = l_info.flashAddr + i_offset;