From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1J7QUv-0004Zw-TA for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:16:13 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J7QUu-0004YH-9y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:16:12 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J7QUr-0004Rz-2h for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:16:11 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J7QUq-0004Rn-On for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:16:08 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J7QUq-0004IR-MO for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:16:08 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1J7QUn-00008U-1R for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:16:07 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1J7QUL-0002H1-AU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:15:37 +0100 Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:15:37 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20071226071537.GA8632@thorin> References: <1198575687.6484.25.camel@latsun.main.fg> <20071225110756.GA22389@thorin> <1198581793.6484.30.camel@latsun.main.fg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1198581793.6484.30.camel@latsun.main.fg> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Failed to build grub2 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:16:12 -0000 On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 06:23:13AM -0500, Francis Gendreau wrote: > On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 12:07 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 04:41:27AM -0500, Francis Gendreau wrote: > > > GNU assembler 2.15 [FreeBSD] 2004-05-23 > > > [...] > > > gcc -Iboot/i386/pc -I./boot/i386/pc -I. -Iinclude -I./include -Wall -W > > > -DASM_FILE=1 -nostdinc -fno-builtin -m32 -MD -c -o > > > lnxboot_img-boot_i386_pc_lnxboot.o boot/i386/pc/lnxboot.S > > > lnxboot.S: Assembler messages: > > > lnxboot.S:49: Error: `0x200+data_start - data_next(%ebx,%eax)' is not a > > > valid 16 bit base/index expression > > > lnxboot.S:264: Error: `(%esi,%eax)' is not a valid 16 bit base/index > > > expression > > > lnxboot.S:265: Error: `(%edi,%eax)' is not a valid 16 bit base/index > > > expression > > > gmake: *** [lnxboot_img-boot_i386_pc_lnxboot.o] Error 1 > > > > > > I hope someone here may have a clue how to fix the problem. I ignore > > > almost everything about the Assembly language. > > > > I don't see anything wrong in the code (`(%esi,%eax)' is indeed not a valid > > 16 bit base/index, but it AFAICT it isn't meant to be). > > > > However, your binutils are a bit old. Perhaps this is a bug they fixed ? > > > > Anyway, maybe this solves the problem for you: > > > > + .code32 > > leal 0x200 + data_start - data_next(%ebx,%eax), %eax > > + .code16 > > > > (please report if it does) > > > Yes it did, thanks! You mean upgrading binutils, or appliing my suggested change? > I continue to upgrade my applications, like bison, it seems to misbehave > on the normal/parser.y file on '%' character. Can you give more details? Perhaps it'd make sense to work around it. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)