| Date | Tue, 8 May 2007 17:24:15 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.21-mm1 -- x86 verify_cpu.S compile failure |
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On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 10:46:20AM +0100, Andy Whitcroft wrote: > We are seeing the following compile error on older x86 installs: > > arch/i386/kernel/verify_cpu.S: Assembler messages: > arch/i386/kernel/verify_cpu.S:13: Error: `(%esp)' is > not a valid 16 bit base/index expression > > Seems to come from: > > x86_64-mm-i386-verify-cpu > > Compiler: > > gcc version 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-3)
Your compiler must be a brother in spirit of Andrew's vaio.
Does this patch help?
-Andi
Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/verify_cpu.S =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/verify_cpu.S +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/verify_cpu.S @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ verify_cpu: #if CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_MODEL >= 4 pushfl - orl $(1<<18),(%esp) # try setting AC + pop %eax + orl $(1<<18),%eax # try setting AC + push %eax popfl pushfl popl %eax
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