From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id FAA2315412 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 05:43:34 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id FAA5403835 for linux-list; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 05:43:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id FAA5503244 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 05:42:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from informatik.uni-koblenz.de (mailhost.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.4.1]) by sgi.sgi.com (980309.SGI.8.8.8-aspam-6.2/980304.SGI-aspam) via ESMTP id FAA07096 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 05:42:50 -0800 (PST) mail_from (ralf@mailhost.uni-koblenz.de) Received: from zaphod (ralf@zaphod.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.4.13]) by informatik.uni-koblenz.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA26303; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:42:48 +0200 (MEST) Received: by zaphod (SMI-8.6/KO-2.0) id PAA29886; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:42:45 +0200 Message-ID: <19980330154244.19782@uni-koblenz.de> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:42:44 +0200 From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de To: Oliver Frommel Cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: compile problem with kernel References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Oliver Frommel on Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 09:42:56AM +0200 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 09:42:56AM +0200, Oliver Frommel wrote: > i got the kernel (linux-980326) from linux.sgi.com and had the following > problems crosscompiling it from intel-linux (which appeared on list once, but > without any answer/solution as far as i remember): > > mips-linux-gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/mnt/dsk1/devel/mips/linux-980326/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -G 0 -mno-abicalls -fno-pic -mcpu=r4600 -mips2 -pipe -c entry.S -o entry.o > entry.S: Assembler messages: > entry.S:147: Error: .previous without corresponding .section; ignored > entry.S:147: Error: .previous without corresponding .section; ignored > entry.S:148: Error: .previous without corresponding .section; ignored > entry.S:148: Error: .previous without corresponding .section; ignored > entry.S:154: Error: .previous without corresponding .section; ignored > entry.S:154: Error: .previous without corresponding .section; ignored > entry.S:156: Error: .previous without corresponding .section; ignored > entry.S:156: Error: .previous without corresponding .section; ignored > entry.S:157: Error: .previous without corresponding .section; ignored > entry.S:157: Error: .previous without corresponding .section; ignored > entry.S:158: Error: .previous without corresponding .section; ignored > entry.S:158: Error: .previous without corresponding .section; ignored > make[1]: *** [entry.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/dsk1/devel/mips/linux-980326/arch/mips/kernel' > make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2 > > > i'd appreciate an explanation what's happening here very much .. In the vanilla FSF sources the .previous pseudo is broken resulting in these messages. The fix is in 2.7-4 and newer. Ralf