Re: Linux 2.4.4-ac10

David Balazic (david.balazic@uni-mb.si)
Fri, 18 May 2001 10:12:27 +0200


Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote :

> >
> > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.4-ac/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
> -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -malign-functions=4 -c -o apm.o apm.c
> > {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> > {standard input}:180: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
> > {standard input}:274: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
> >
> > Does anyone know what's up with that? Kernel problem or binutils issue?
>
> binutils is issuing a correct warning but if we fix the warning old old binutils
> will then refuse to assemble it right.

What old old binutils ?
Isn't there a clear requirement for a minimum binutils version in
Documentation/Changes ( or maybe it is README ... ) ?

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David Balazic
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