Re: Assembler problem(?) when compiling SysVinit.

[Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com>]

  In message <19990829210912.4377.qmail@daffy.airs.com>you write:
  >    Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 21:44:34 +0200
  >    From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein?= Johansen <oeysteij@online.no>
  > 
  >    (I'm not sure if this is the right mailinglist to ask this question,
  >    but I don't know any other place to ask. As a matter of fact, I'm not
  >    even sure the assembler is the problem..)
  > 
  > The assembler is not the problem.
  > 
  >    gcc -c -Wall -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE init.c
  >    init.c: In function `console_open':
  >    init.c:478: warning: `fd' might be used uninitialized in this function
  >    init.c: In function `check_pipe':
  >    init.c:1757: Invalid `asm' statement:
  >    init.c:1757: fixed or forbidden register 2 (cx) was spilled for class
  >    CREG.
  >    init.c: In function `check_init_fifo':
  >    init.c:1964: Invalid `asm' statement:
  >    init.c:1964: fixed or forbidden register 2 (cx) was spilled for class
  >    CREG.
  >    make: *** [init.o] Error 1
  > 
  >    At this lines (1757 and 1964) the program calls a macro called FD_SET.
  > 
  >    Is this a bug in the assembler or gcc-2.95? A error in my setup?
  >    An error in SysVinit?
  > 
  > The bug is either in gcc or (more likely) in the inline assembler code
  > in question.  The bug is not in the assembler; the assembler is not
  > even being run.
It's a bogus asm statement.  This is covered in the gcc/egcs FAQ.

jeff