From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Wanted: A decent assembler
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:11:30 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0304230706420.20223@chaos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200304230701_MC3-1-359E-3C3@compuserve.com>
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
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-23 10:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-23 10:59 Chuck Ebbert
2003-04-23 11:11 ` Richard B. Johnson [this message]
2003-04-23 13:02 Chuck Ebbert
2003-04-23 13:57 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2003-04-23 13:49 Chuck Ebbert
2003-04-23 14:24 ` Richard B. Johnson
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