Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755971Ab1CLWLP (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:11:15 -0500 Received: from mail-qw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:35781 "EHLO mail-qw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755804Ab1CLWLO (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:11:14 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; b=AVqaGRFmNyVPi7RSdk4UNApPJD8kxfTk1ilLdiEhMXlWkoTEvACtR5HsGlk5nMjjZf tX/2Gq8HTRUOm8hmNVxbNdt9S+a/I1UsIgNuLVCbreFmNDi6dkrhGxRPy2s4v1TgUGRi 1XX02dXDkXb/lgmKXO6pFdGykawfB2t94P1Ns= MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: sedat.dilek@gmail.com Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:11:11 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.38-rc8 From: Sedat Dilek To: =?UTF-8?B?VMO2csO2ayBFZHdpbg==?= Cc: LKML , Linus Torvalds , Ingo Molnar 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: 1728 Lines: 46 [QUOTE] On 2011-03-08 07:40, Linus Torvalds wrote: > So please keep testing, Doesn't build: arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S: Assembler messages: arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:1531: Error: .size expression does not evaluate to a constant make[2]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Error 2 make: *** [arch/x86] Error 2 Must be due to recent binutils upgrade, because 2.6.37 doesn't build anymore either. Looks like these patches are needed: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/hjl/linux-2.6.37.y.git;a=commitdiff;h=2c5ce9c1b8eb927c131a31d4466e24e00647e9cb https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/606241/ Best regards, --Edwin [/QUOTE] There was a long discussion caused by a breakage in linux-next with a 2.21-snapshot release of binutils in Debian/sid: "Re: linux-next: Tree for March 8 (BROKEN: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S? Debian's binutils/as?)" The result were two patches [1] and [2] which helped to build a linux-next kernel with new binutils. [1] affects also 2.6.38, [2] is for linux-next (upcoming 2.6.39). Ingo combined both fixes as one [3] and accepted it to tip:x86/trampoline (see [4]). This single fix found already its way to linux-next tree (where I am on). - Sedat - [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/619081/ [2] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/619611/ [3] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/621001/ [4] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git;a=commit;h=2ae9d293b14d17f35eff624272cfecac7979a2ee -- 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/