Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.cfi_startproc'

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <007801c60b72$eb4988c0$0860120a at photon> you wrote:
>
>   I am using ELDK (2005-06-07) and linux-2.6.15-rc2-2005-12-03-2208.tar.bz2
> to build the kernel. But there are some errors:
> 
> .../arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S: Assembler messages:
> .../arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S:28: Error: unknown pseudo-op: 
> `.cfi_startproc'
> .../arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S:30: Error: unknown pseudo-op: 
> `.cfi_register'
> .......
> 
> Anybody knows what happened ? And is there any way to solve ?

ELDK 3.1 uses binutils-2.14; the current Linux kernel was changed  to
use  assembler  syntax which is not supported by the GNU assembler in
this version. See for example
http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc64-dev/2005-February/003179.html

I don't understand why this  was  done,  either.  Especially  as  the
current  Linux  kernel  documentation ("Documentation/Changes") still
claims that binutils 2.12 would be sufficient.

You will have to update your toolchain  (i.  e.  use  ELDK  4.0)  for
working with current 2.6 kernels.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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