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Re: [BUG] as of trunk build Linux kernel trunk entry_32.S got error
- From: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
- To: Hui Zhu <teawater at gmail dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 16:59:12 +1030
- Subject: Re: [BUG] as of trunk build Linux kernel trunk entry_32.S got error
- References: <AANLkTimqT82wR20vvunnMvNShFSs0zWtmeT66A84Nh5t@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:16:19PM +0800, Hui Zhu wrote:
> as -version
> GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.21.51.20110303
> AS arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.o
> /home/teawater/big/kernel/linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S:
> Assembler messages:
> /home/teawater/big/kernel/linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S:1422:
> Error: .size expression does not evaluate to a constant
>
> When I change back to the as of system, everything is OK.
>
> Because I always use the as of trunk, so I think a recent PATCH caused
> the problem.
Possibly a recent patch exposed a bug in the kernel. Kernel version?
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Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM