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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 97 14:08 +0100
From: Ing.-Buero_Heller@t-online.de (Wilfried Heller)
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Subject: ELF: nearly current kernel source won't compile
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Cc: mheller@student.uni-kl.de
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When I try to compile the kernel(sources from FBSD current as of AUG 20) as ELF, 
exception.s always triggers these error messages. It makes no difference wether
I use binutils-2.6.0.12 or binutils-2.8.1 targeting freebsdelf with gcc-2.7.2 
or gcc-2.7.2.3 for freebsdelf. The same happens with FreeBSD 2.2.2. kernel 
sources and with 3.0 SNAPSHOT MAY 22, 1997.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s: Assembler messages:
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2179: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2180: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2181: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2182: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2183: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2184: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2185: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2186: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2187: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2188: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2189: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2190: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2191: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2192: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2193: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.
/var/tmp/cc000262.s:2194: Error: unbalanced parenthesis in first operand.

After only preprocessing the file exception.s, these lines seem to be generated
after including vector.s and expanding the makros.

The kernel is the only piece of code who is unwilling to compile, everything 
else does - including the whole X11R6 - and is working fine since ELFKit 1.2.1
was first released.
MARTIN

PLEASE REPLY TO: mheller@acm.org or mheller@student.uni-kl.de. THANX !!