Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (powerpc tree related) | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:59:58 +1100 |
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On Fri, 2010-12-03 at 16:32 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > After merging the tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc allmodconfig) > failed like this: > > arch/powerpc/lib/hweight_64.S: Assembler messages: > arch/powerpc/lib/hweight_64.S:52: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `popcntw' > arch/powerpc/lib/hweight_64.S:77: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `popcntw' > arch/powerpc/lib/hweight_64.S:106: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `popcntd' > > This is with: > > powerpc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 4.4.0 > GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.19.1 > > Caused by commit 64ff31287693c1f325cb9cb049569c1611438ef1 ("powerpc: Add > support for popcnt instructions").
This toolchain is a bit ancient I suppose... Anton, do you reckon we should use .long based macros for these for the time being or just require a newer binutils ?
Cheers, Ben.
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