Re: linux-next: Tree for March 8 (BROKEN: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S? Debian's binutils/as?)
- To: sedat.dilek@gmail.com
- Cc: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@googlemail.com>, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>, Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>, linux-next <linux-next@vger.kernel.org>, debian-gcc <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>, binutils <binutils@sourceware.org>, psomas@cslab.ece.ntua.gr, JBeulich@novell.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
- Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for March 8 (BROKEN: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S? Debian's binutils/as?)
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 06:55:03 -0800
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On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my build of linux-next (next-20110308, the same with the one from
> yesterday) is broken.
> (I translated the German output.)
>
> [ build.log ]
> AS arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.o
> /home/sd/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.38-rc7/debian/build/source_i386_none/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S:
> Assembler messages:
> /home/sd/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.38-rc7/debian/build/source_i386_none/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S:1421:
> Error: .size expression does not evaluate to a constant
> make[6]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.o] Fehler 1 (Error 1)
> make[5]: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Fehler 2 (Error 2)
> make[4]: *** [arch/x86] Fehler 2 (Error 2)
> make[4]: *** Warte auf noch nicht beendete Prozesse... (Waiting for
> unfinished jobs...)
>
This is a kernel bug. Please use the latest binutils from CVS.
It will tell you which symbol causes this.
--
H.J.
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