Re: 2.3.21

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 08:11:13 -0700 (PDT)


On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Dieter Kraft wrote:
> bbootsect.s:619: Error: base/index register must be 32 bit register

That's actually a gas bug, introduced when the gas people tightened up
their requirements, and they seem to have tightened them a bit too much.
The 16-bit register is actually the correct one in 16-bit mode, and a
32-bit register is very much not correct.

Who maintains gas these days? We'll make the kernel use the 32-bit
register to work around the gas bug for now, but it definitely IS a gas
bug, and it would be good to get it fixed.

Linus

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