Re: linux-next: Tree for March 8 (BROKEN: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S?Debian's binutils/as?)

[H.J. Lu]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.


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H.J.
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