On Monday 10 October 2022 09:54:02 Tom Rini wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 09, 2022 at 09:37:13PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
>
> > For some unknown reason GNU assembler version 2.31.1 (arm-linux-gnueabi-as
> > from Debian Buster) cannot compile following code from located in file
> > board/nokia/rx51/lowlevel_init.S:
> >
> > kernoffs:
> > .word KERNEL_OFFSET - (. - CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)
> >
> > when CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE is set to 0x80008000. It throws strange compile
> > error which is even without line number:
> >
> > AS board/nokia/rx51/lowlevel_init.o
> > {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> > {standard input}: Error: attempt to get value of unresolved symbol `L0'
> > make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:293:
> > board/nokia/rx51/lowlevel_init.o] Error 1
> >
> > I have no idea about this error and my experiments showed that ARM GNU
> > assembler is happy with negation of that number. So changing code to:
> >
> > kernoffs:
> > .word . - CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE - KERNEL_OFFSET
> >
> > and then replacing mathematical addition by substraction of "kernoffs"
> > value (so calculation of address does not change) compiles assembler file
> > without any error now.
> >
> > There should be not any functional change.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <p...@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > Btw, is somebody understanding that compile error message? Is there (or
> > was there) some real issue in the code, so assembler refuse to compile
> > it? Or have I triggered bug in GNU assembler?
>
> I would suggest filing a bug with upstream GNU assembler and seeing what
> they say.
And it is really a bug? Is not that issue in current code?
