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Re: [x86] gas error: can't extend frag 2134796 chars
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It seems there is a regression in GAS x86-64. The following:
>
> # 1 "arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.S"
> # 1 "<built-in>"
> # 1 "<command-line>"
> # 1 "./include/generated/autoconf.h" 1
> # 1 "<command-line>" 2
> # 1 "arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.S"
> .section ".rodata..compressed","a",@progbits
> .globl z_input_len
> z_input_len = 2134796
> .globl z_output_len
> z_output_len = 5716952
> .globl z_extract_offset
> z_extract_offset = 0x37b000
> .globl z_extract_offset_negative
> z_extract_offset_negative = -0x37b000
> .globl input_data, input_data_end
> input_data:
> .incbin "zero"
> input_data_end:
>
> with `zero' being:
>
> % dd if=/dev/zero of=zero count=1 bs=2134796
>
> triggers:
>
> % /src/x86-64/obj/destdir/lib/gcc/x86_64-none-linux/4.7.0/../../../../x86_64-none-linux/bin/as
> --32 -o piggy.o piggy.s
> GNU assembler version 2.21.53 (x86_64-none-linux) using BFD version
> (GNU Binutils) 2.21.53.20110726
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.S: Assembler messages:
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.S:12: Fatal error: can't extend frag
> 2134796 chars
>
> While the system assembler is fine:
>
> % as -v --32 -o piggy.o piggy.s
> GNU assembler version 2.20.51.0.7 (x86_64-redhat-linux) using BFD
> version version 2.20.51.0.7-8.fc14 20100318
That is very very old. Please try the current one from
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/
--
H.J.