Re: 2.1.91 compile failure

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Fri, 27 Mar 1998 00:10:05 -0400

Mike Perry <mikepery@mikepery.linuxos.org> said:
> I just tried to compile kernel 2.1.91 (patched from 2.1.88), and I got the
> following error:
>
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.1/arch/i386/kernel'
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__ASSEMBLY__ -traditional -c head.S
> -o head.o
> /tmp/cca07945.s: Assembler messages:
> /tmp/cca07945.s:946: Warning: Repeat < 0, .fill ignored
> /tmp/cca07945.s:1144: Error: attempt to .org/.space backwards? (-4)
> /tmp/cca07945.s:1144: Internal error!
> Assertion failure in write_contents at write.c line 1086.
> Please report this bug.
> make[1]: *** [head.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.1/arch/i386/kernel'
> make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2

[...]

> AMD K6/200 64MB RAM (32 SDRAM, 32 72pin EDO)
> gcc version 2.7.2.3
> GNU ld version cygnus-2.8.1 (with BFD linux-2.8.1.0.15)
> glibc 2.0.6
> Redhat 5.0
>
> I enabled Pentium Pro/K6/PII cpu type.

Mine is egcs-980321, glibc-2.0.7-4, binutils-2.8.1.0.25, Pentium, compiled
without a hitch with -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=pentium.

Just the SoundBlaster module Oopses when delete_module(2)ed, and takes the
whole module structure down. But that's old news ;-)

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