[PATCH] 2.5.69 - vsyscall DSO implementation require as/binutils >= 2.12

[Carlos E. Gorges]

[root@quarks linux-2.5.69]: make bzImage
(....)
  gcc -Wp,-MD,arch/i386/kernel/.vsyscall.o.d -D__ASSEMBLY__ -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -nostdinc -iwithprefix include  -traditional  -c -o arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.o arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.S
/root/tmp/ccJ8vZaj.s: Assembler messages:
/root/tmp/ccJ8vZaj.s:2003: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.incbin'
/root/tmp/ccJ8vZaj.s:2008: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.incbin'
make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/i386/kernel] Error 2
[root@quarks linux-2.5.69]: ld -v
GNU ld version 2.11.2 (with BFD 2.11.2)
[root@quarks linux-2.5.69]: grep -r binutils Documentation/Changes
o  binutils               2.9.5.0.25              # ld -v
release of binutils.
o  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/>

from binutils-2.14.90.0.1/gas/NEWS :

Changes in 2.12:
(...)
* New psuedo op: .incbin to include a set of binary data at a given point
  in the assembly.  Contributed by Anders Norlander.

Patch :

--- Documentation/Changes	Tue May  6 04:18:37 2003
+++ Documentation/Changes	Tue May  6 04:18:37 2003
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 o  Gnu C                  2.95.3                  # gcc --version
 o  Gnu make               3.78                    # make --version
-o  binutils               2.9.5.0.25              # ld -v
+o  binutils               2.12                    # ld -v
 o  util-linux             2.10o                   # fdformat --version
 o  module-init-tools      0.9.9                   # depmod -V
 o  e2fsprogs              1.29                    # tune2fs
-

cya;

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