Bug 223975 – xen-sources 2.6.21 fails to build

• Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description G. Gibson 2008-05-28 17:48:24 UTC]

CC      init/calibrate.o
  LD      init/built-in.o
  CC      arch/i386/kernel/process-xen.o
In file included from arch/i386/kernel/process-xen.c:49:
include/asm/i387.h: In function 'save_init_fpu':
include/asm/i387.h:101: warning: implicit declaration of function 'stts'
  CC      arch/i386/kernel/signal.o
In file included from include/asm/suspend.h:7,
                 from include/linux/suspend.h:5,
                 from arch/i386/kernel/signal.c:21:
include/asm/i387.h: In function 'save_init_fpu':
include/asm/i387.h:101: warning: implicit declaration of function 'stts'
  AS      arch/i386/kernel/entry-xen.o
arch/i386/kernel/entry-xen.S: Assembler messages:
arch/i386/kernel/entry-xen.S:740: Error: invalid character '_' in mnemonic
make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/entry-xen.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/i386/kernel] Error 2

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. make menuconfig
2. make prepare
3. make

Actual Results:  
CC      init/calibrate.o
  LD      init/built-in.o
  CC      arch/i386/kernel/process-xen.o
In file included from arch/i386/kernel/process-xen.c:49:
include/asm/i387.h: In function 'save_init_fpu':
include/asm/i387.h:101: warning: implicit declaration of function 'stts'
  CC      arch/i386/kernel/signal.o
In file included from include/asm/suspend.h:7,
                 from include/linux/suspend.h:5,
                 from arch/i386/kernel/signal.c:21:
include/asm/i387.h: In function 'save_init_fpu':
include/asm/i387.h:101: warning: implicit declaration of function 'stts'
  AS      arch/i386/kernel/entry-xen.o
arch/i386/kernel/entry-xen.S: Assembler messages:
arch/i386/kernel/entry-xen.S:740: Error: invalid character '_' in mnemonic
make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/entry-xen.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/i386/kernel] Error 2

Expected Results:  
kernel to compile

[Comment 1 Stefan Müller 2008-06-06 12:31:41 UTC]

Created attachment 155713 [details]
I'm getting the same error

[Comment 2 Stefan Müller 2008-06-06 12:32:42 UTC]

Comment on attachment 155713 [details]
I'm getting the same error

Output of emerge --info

[Comment 3 Stefan Müller 2008-06-06 13:08:52 UTC]

Looks like its the same as in Bug #197071.

Turn of Paravirtulization support (CONFIG_PARAVIRT) and everything runs fine.

[Comment 4 behd 2008-07-01 22:10:30 UTC]

had the same problem and doing what Stefan said, solved the problem for me too

[Comment 5 Patrick Lauer 2010-01-06 22:34:03 UTC]

Dropped version. Try .29 or .31 :)