Hi,

The build fails on the power6 machine while compiling 2.6.24-rc1-git15 kernel,
with randconfig,

  CHK     include/linux/compile.h
  AS      arch/powerpc/kernel/swsusp_32.o
arch/powerpc/kernel/swsusp_32.S: Assembler messages:
arch/powerpc/kernel/swsusp_32.S:138: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `dssall'
make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/swsusp_32.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel] Error 2

# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
cpu             : POWER6 (architected), altivec supported
clock           : 4198.000000MHz
revision        : 3.1 (pvr 003e 0301)

processor       : 1
cpu             : POWER6 (architected), altivec supported
clock           : 4198.000000MHz
revision        : 3.1 (pvr 003e 0301)

processor       : 2
cpu             : POWER6 (architected), altivec supported
clock           : 4198.000000MHz
revision        : 3.1 (pvr 003e 0301)

processor       : 3
cpu             : POWER6 (architected), altivec supported
clock           : 4198.000000MHz
revision        : 3.1 (pvr 003e 0301)

timebase        : 512000000
platform        : pSeries
machine         : CHRP IBM,8203-E4A

# gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: ppc64-redhat-linux
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --enable-plugin --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/jre --enable-secureplt --with-long-double-128 --host=ppc64-redhat-linux --build=ppc64-redhat-linux --target=ppc64-redhat-linux --with-cpu=default32
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-14)

# ld -v
GNU ld version 2.17.50.0.6-5.el5 20061020


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Thanks & Regards,
Kamalesh Babulal,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM, ISTL.