Re: Compile error with current CVS kernel

[Pete Popov <ppopov@mvista.com>]

Karel van Houten wrote:
> 
> While I wrote my previous mail:
> 
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}:1993: Error: expression too complex
> {standard input}:1993: Fatal error: internal Error, line 1823, 
> ./config/tc-mips.c
> make[3]: *** [vgacon.o] Error 1
> 
> Again.... :-(

We encountered this exact problem a few days ago. One of our engineers
tracked it down to the combination of complex macros and inline
functions in arch/mips/io.h.  He pinpointed precisely the problem to a
rare gcc "bug", which is not likely to get fixed anytime soon. I believe
a patch was already submitted to Ralf, but it will have to get tested.

Pete