Re: powerpc/ppc64: Allow allmodconfig to build (finally !)
From: Alan Modra <hidden>
Date: 2014-05-14 05:42:44
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 01:34:34PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
OK, this appears to be an assembler bug.
Agreed. Upgrade binutils!
$ cat test.s .text x: .pushsection b, "a" beq y .popsection .=0x80000 y: $ /opt/cross/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux-as --version GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.22 This assembler was configured for a target of `powerpc64-linux'. $ /opt/cross/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux-as -o test.o test.s test.s: Assembler messages: test.s:4: Error: operand out of range (0x0000000000080000 is not between 0xffffffffffff8000 and 0x0000000000007ffc) $ /opt/cross/gcc-4.8.1-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux-as --version GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.23.52.20130512 This assembler was configured for a target of `powerpc64-linux'. $ /opt/cross/gcc-4.8.1-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux-as -o test.o test.s (no error) Alan, can you shed light on when it was fixed?
2012-11-05 https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2012-11/msg00043.html git show 3b8b57a9495016b2b02fbc2612dd1607d4b6f9ba The part that actually fixes this problem is "Leave insn field zero...". -- Alan Modra Australia Development Lab, IBM