[PATCH] 2.5.69 - vsyscall DSO implementation require as/binutils >= 2.12

Carlos E. Gorges (carlos@techlinux.com.br)
Tue, 6 May 2003 05:37:57 -0300


[root@quarks linux-2.5.69]: make bzImage
(....)
gcc -Wp,-MD,arch/i386/kernel/.vsyscall.o.d -D__ASSEMBLY__ -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -traditional -c -o arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.o arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.S
/root/tmp/ccJ8vZaj.s: Assembler messages:
/root/tmp/ccJ8vZaj.s:2003: Error: Unknown pseudo-op: `.incbin'
/root/tmp/ccJ8vZaj.s:2008: Error: Unknown pseudo-op: `.incbin'
make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/i386/kernel] Error 2
[root@quarks linux-2.5.69]: ld -v
GNU ld version 2.11.2 (with BFD 2.11.2)
[root@quarks linux-2.5.69]: grep -r binutils Documentation/Changes
o binutils 2.9.5.0.25 # ld -v
release of binutils.
o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/>

from binutils-2.14.90.0.1/gas/NEWS :

Changes in 2.12:
(...)
* New psuedo op: .incbin to include a set of binary data at a given point
in the assembly. Contributed by Anders Norlander.

Patch :

--- Documentation/Changes Tue May 6 04:18:37 2003
+++ Documentation/Changes Tue May 6 04:18:37 2003
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@

o Gnu C 2.95.3 # gcc --version
o Gnu make 3.78 # make --version
-o binutils 2.9.5.0.25 # ld -v
+o binutils 2.12 # ld -v
o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version
o module-init-tools 0.9.9 # depmod -V
o e2fsprogs 1.29 # tune2fs
-

cya;

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