Re: Wanted: A decent assembler

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Chuck Ebbert wrote:

>
>   Output from 'make bzImage' after making some changes:
>
>         Error: non-constant expression in ".if" statement.
>
>
>   Why is the kernel using a 1-pass assembler?
>

Well it isn't. The AT&T clone assembler will resolve forward
references and it does it by using as many passes as necessary.
It even has a 'reasonable' MACRO capability. I use it quite a
bit to minimize the code-size or to maximize performance in
embedded systems.

Your error shown above is a real error. If you expose the code
that it barfed on, maybe somebody could help you fix the code.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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