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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:32:26 +0100
From: Eric Valette <eric.valette@free.fr>
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To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: Typo in linux-2.6.38/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
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On 16/03/2011 21:22, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 21:09 +0100, Eric Vlette wrote:
>> On 16/03/2011 20:52, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 02:15:26PM +0100, Eric Valette wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Trying to compile 2.6.38, I found the follwoing bug. Compiler barks...
>>>
>>> New compiler? (new binutils more likely)
>>
>> Maybe. I use debian unstable + experimental and upgrade packages almost
>> everyday...
>
> You probably have new binutils.
>
> What does "as --version" give you. Binutils 2.21... ?

Well I found the problem at work and I'm home now but since I use the 
same distrib and just updated, its probably the same.

as --version
GNU assembler (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.21.0.20110302

So probably most debian user will soon or late have the problem.


> I think it was 2.21 that started giving problems.

Sound plausible.

>> But obviously the begin end is not symmetric as in other function.
>
> Right, there was a discussion before about this causing issues with new
> binutils, and I think Ingo or Thomas said that they had patches to fix
> these for x86. Which this looks like one.
>
> The old binutils never complained.

Anyway this show once again that the world like symetry and you better 
remember it ;-) (lock/unlock, malloc free, ...)

Probably a stable candidate for 2.6.38.1

--eric
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