Re: Latest sources from CVS.

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 01:52:57PM +0100, Carsten Langgaard wrote:

> I'm afraid I have to speak up again :-(
> Although the new binutils (binutils-mips64el-linux-2.13.1-1.i386.rpm) work on
> the latest sources from linux-mips.org, I have a problem with my local 
> sources.
> 
> I get the following error from the assembler:
> 
> 
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}:329: Warning: dla used to load 32-bit register
> {standard input}:382: Error: Number (0xffffffff) larger than 32 bits
> {standard input}:408: Warning: dla used to load 32-bit register

These are caused by an !%$@#$!$ incompatible change in gas.  In essence
the code model we're using now requires to pass the additional option
-mgp64.  arch/mips64/Makefile probes for gas accepting this new option.

So standard advice, update your sources.

  Ralf