2.3.23 compile problem - bootsect.s

Steve Youngs (youngs_s@ozlinx.com.au)
24 Oct 1999 07:15:28 +1000

2.3.23 won't compile on my system. It dies at bootsect.s. Error
message follows. [1]

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2.3.23
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.3.23/arch/i386/boot'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.3.23/include -E -traditional \
-DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA bootsect.S -o bootsect.s
as -o bootsect.o bootsect.s
bootsect.s: Assembler messages:
bootsect.s:674: Error: base/index register must be 32 bit register
bootsect.s:682: Error: base/index register must be 32 bit register
bootsect.s:683: Error: base/index register must be 32 bit register
bootsect.s:684: Error: base/index register must be 32 bit register
bootsect.s:940: Error: base/index register must be 32 bit register
make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.3.23/arch/i386/boot'
make: *** [zImage] Error 2
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Footnotes:
[1] This was also the same in 2.3.22.

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