2.6.24-rc1-git15 Kernel build fails on powerpc - Unrecognized opcode: `dssall'

[David Miller]

From: Johannes Berg <johannes at sipsolutions.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:54:46 +0100

> 
> 
> > >   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
> > >
> > 
> > Looks suspiciously like an altivec issue. Could you compile with make
> > V=1 and/or do a git bisect and see what broke?
> 
> Looks more like a toolchain issue to me.

Or, this is another instance of the "CFLAGS environment variable"
problem.

For a few days, the kbuild stuff would integrate any CFLAGS,
AFLAGS, etc. settings you might have set in your environment.