[parisc-linux] Assembly error: entry.S

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 11:27:31AM -0400, John David Anglin wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 11:06:27AM -0400, John David Anglin wrote:
> > > The following error occurs building the kernel:
> > > 
> > > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/ehic/a/pa/linux/include    -c -o entry.o entry.S
> > > entry.S:219: macro `ENTRY_NAME' used without args
> > > make[1]: *** [entry.o] Error 1
> > 
> > Delete line 219.  Oops.
> 
> and then
> 
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/ehic/a/pa/linux/include    -c -o entry.o entry.S
> entry.S: Assembler messages:
> entry.S:228: Error: bad or irreducible absolute expression; zero assumed
> make[1]: *** [entry.o] Error 1

I don't know how to fix this one since I'm not sure what constants are
available.  The snippet is:

        .rept NR_syscalls-NR_Linux_syscalls
                ENTRY_NAME(sys_ni_syscall)
        .endr

which just pads the table out to the right size.  Evidently the number
256-182 = 74 is not representable.  What numbers are?  I'd guess 64 is.

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