Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756208Ab1CHP2d (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:28:33 -0500 Received: from mail-qw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:49591 "EHLO mail-qw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755073Ab1CHP2a (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:28:30 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=SazlUaMEpnfBZ8abz4nEQFxLLVbyjd+i94+bGof0yvHcq7ReT0Fu24plNgwyQaHrWW sRLYhGWWhKqMCAISA/py7zR6mcVLQalGh8MC+Jnix6TeByqg4X5DoCeFMBpm+rp29z/e lcnIgb3accWnA1UEdgKiFaiE043FYJYAYS/24= MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: sedat.dilek@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:28:26 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for March 8 (BROKEN: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S? Debian's binutils/as?) From: Sedat Dilek To: "H.J. Lu" Cc: Stephen Rothwell , Matthias Klose , linux-next , debian-gcc , binutils , psomas@cslab.ece.ntua.gr, JBeulich@novell.com, Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , LKML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2477 Lines: 63 On 3/8/11, H.J. Lu wrote: > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Sedat Dilek > 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. > > > -- > H.J. > Yeah, I have cherry-picked these two upstream commits before you have mentionned it... 0001-Mention-symbol-name-in-non-constant-.size-expression.patch (Cherry-picked from commit b9521fc0be7945fc842ce1197e241a023378125d) 0002-Revert-the-last-change-on-gas-elf-bad-size.err.patch (Cherry-picked from commit cbd141bb69f791de7ea1581abe7afb34f0c61288) ... and have built with them a new binutils Debian package. The error looks now like this (sorry for the German output): ... 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 with symbol `apf_page_fault' does not evaluate to a constant make[6]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.o] Fehler 1 make[5]: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Fehler 2 make[5]: *** Warte auf noch nicht beendete Prozesse... Anyway, before more riddling around it would be very helpful to have a clear pointer if there is a fix around... That building, testing and installing took me now several hours. And... yeah, backports to 2.21-branch appreciated. - Sedat - -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/