From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263996AbTDWK6M (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:58:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263999AbTDWK6L (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:58:11 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:55175 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263996AbTDWK6I (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:58:08 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:11:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Wanted: A decent assembler In-Reply-To: <200304230701_MC3-1-359E-3C3@compuserve.com> Message-ID: References: <200304230701_MC3-1-359E-3C3@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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.