Re: current TIP/master doesn't build on SLES10

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 09/28/2010 09:08 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 28.09.10 at 16:31, Conny Seidel <conny.seidel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> compiling TIP/master (44bc8c4f500fce7263803b4acd016fa03cf8a91a) on
>> SLES10 fails with the following build error:
>>
>> arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S: Assembler messages:
>> arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:1181: Error: too many positional arguments
>> arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:1181: Error: too many positional arguments
>> make[2]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o] Error 1
>> make[1]: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Error 2
>> make: *** [arch/x86] Error 2
>>
>> I've bisected it to commit df5d1874ce1a1f0e0eceff4fa3a9d45620243a68.
>>
>> Reverting it fixes the issue. 
>>
>> I know that this is caused by binutils 2.16.91.0.5 which is distributed
>> with SLES10.
> 
> I'm generally doing almost all of my work on SLE10, and have not run
> into this issue. Are you sure you've got it fully updated?
> 

It definitely sounds like the binutils 2.16 brainscrewage, perhaps one
of the question is for you: what version is on your system...

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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