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

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Message-ID: <4CA21D34.7010209@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:52:04 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
CC:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>,
	"Seidel, Conny" <Conny.Seidel@....com>,
	"borislav.petkov" <borislav.petkov@....com>,
	"mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: current TIP/master doesn't build on SLES10

On 09/28/2010 09:19 AM, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:08:29PM -0400, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>> On 28.09.10 at 16:31, Conny Seidel <conny.seidel@....com> 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?
> 
> BTW, the build error looks similar to the build problem fixed by
> 
>   commit e8a0e27662186f8856a0a6242e7a8386c9a64a53
>   Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
>   Date:   Fri Nov 21 15:11:32 2008 +0100
> 
>     x86: clean up after: move entry_64.S register saving out of the macros, fix
> 

Well, yes of course... it can be summarized as "macros in binutils 2.16
are broken beyond anyone's wildest beliefs".

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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