Found it: Problem compiling 2.1.90

Bill Goolsby (BILL@cellbio.emory.edu)
Mon, 27 Jul 1998 15:17:45 EST

> > Error: operands given don't match any known 386 instruction
> >
> > after command line:
> >
> > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__ASSEMBLY__ -D__SMP__
> > -traditional -c locks.S -o locks.o
>
> I suggest you check the archives for old messages about the problem,
> compare the file with the one in the current kernel, and update your
> binutils to the version recommended for the current kernel.
> ___
> Trevor Johnson

I found the problem. The file locks.S has invalid instructions on
lines 19 and 22. "btl %dl ..." and "btrl %dl ..." should be changed
to "btl %edx ..." and "btrl %edx ...", respectively.
See release notes for
binutils 2.9.1.0.7 for more info (file "release.binutils-2.9.1.0.7").

After fixing this problem, I found another. The assembler "as86" was
not present on my system (Redhat 5.1) so I had to download and
compile bin86-0.4.tar.gz. After installing as86, the 2.1.90 kernel
compiled correctly and booted.

Thanks to the people who helped out.

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