Bug 215658 - arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context.o Assembler messages: Error: unrecognized opcode: `dssall' (PowerMac G4)

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

Hi, this is your Linux kernel regression tracker.

I noticed a regression report in bugzilla.kernel.org that afaics nobody
acted upon since it was reported about a week ago, that's why I decided
to forward it to the lists and a few relevant people to the CC. To quote
from the ticket:

> 5.16.12 kernel build for my G4 DP on my Talos II fails with:
> 
> [...]
>   CC      arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.o
>   CC      arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.o
>   CC      arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-frag.o
>   CC      arch/powerpc/mm/ioremap.o
>   CC      arch/powerpc/mm/ioremap_32.o
>   CC      arch/powerpc/mm/init-common.o
>   CC      arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context.o
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}:30: Error: unrecognized opcode: `dssall'
> make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:287: arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context.o] Fehler 1
> make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:549: arch/powerpc/mm] Fehler 2
> make: *** [Makefile:1846: arch/powerpc] Error 2
> 
> This seems to have been introduced by commit d51f86cfd8e378d4907958db77da3074f6dce3ba "powerpc/mm: Switch obsolete dssall to .long"
> 
> Reverting this commit fixes the build for my G4.

Could somebody take a look into this? Or was this discussed somewhere
else already? Or even fixed?

Anyway, to get this tracked:

#regzbot introduced: d51f86cfd8e378d4907958db77da3074f6dce3ba
#regzbot from: Erhard F <erhard_f at mailbox.org>
#regzbot title:  arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context.o Assembler messages:
Error: unrecognized opcode: `dssall' (PowerMac G4)
#regzbot link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215658

Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)

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