[BUG] as of trunk build Linux kernel trunk entry_32.S got error

[Alan Modra]

On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:16:19PM +0800, Hui Zhu wrote:
> as -version
> GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.21.51.20110303
>   AS      arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.o
> /home/teawater/big/kernel/linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S:
> Assembler messages:
> /home/teawater/big/kernel/linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S:1422:
> Error: .size expression does not evaluate to a constant
> 
> When I change back to the as of system, everything is OK.
> 
> Because I always use the as of trunk, so I think a recent PATCH caused
> the problem.

Possibly a recent patch exposed a bug in the kernel.  Kernel version?

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Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM