Re: XLR Linux/MIPS kernel build error

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

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 04:05:34PM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:

> Hi Ralf,
> 
> >   AS      arch/mips/kernel/genex.o
> >/home/ralf/src/linux/upstream-linus/arch/mips/kernel/genex.S: Assembler 
> >messages:
> >/home/ralf/src/linux/upstream-linus/arch/mips/kernel/genex.S:524: Internal 
> >error!
> >Assertion failure in append_insn at ../../gas/config/tc-mips.c line 2867.
> 
> >Not sure what's blowin up there and I haven't had a chance to try other
> >binutils versions yet.  Is this something known?
> 
> Nope - it is a new one...
> 
> Please could you open a binutils bugzilla PR for this and include
> the genex.S file (preprocessed if necessary) and the assembler
> command line that causes gas to blow up ?

I've extracted a 5 line minimal test case and cooking receipe and filed
everything as http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12915

Cheers,

  Ralf