On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 04:41:27AM -0500, Francis Gendreau wrote: > GNU assembler 2.15 [FreeBSD] 2004-05-23 > [...] > gcc -Iboot/i386/pc -I./boot/i386/pc -I. -Iinclude -I./include -Wall -W > -DASM_FILE=1 -nostdinc -fno-builtin -m32 -MD -c -o > lnxboot_img-boot_i386_pc_lnxboot.o boot/i386/pc/lnxboot.S > lnxboot.S: Assembler messages: > lnxboot.S:49: Error: `0x200+data_start - data_next(%ebx,%eax)' is not a > valid 16 bit base/index expression > lnxboot.S:264: Error: `(%esi,%eax)' is not a valid 16 bit base/index > expression > lnxboot.S:265: Error: `(%edi,%eax)' is not a valid 16 bit base/index > expression > gmake: *** [lnxboot_img-boot_i386_pc_lnxboot.o] Error 1 > > I hope someone here may have a clue how to fix the problem. I ignore > almost everything about the Assembly language.
I don't see anything wrong in the code (`(%esi,%eax)' is indeed not a valid 16 bit base/index, but it AFAICT it isn't meant to be). However, your binutils are a bit old. Perhaps this is a bug they fixed ? Anyway, maybe this solves the problem for you: + .code32 leal 0x200 + data_start - data_next(%ebx,%eax), %eax + .code16 (please report if it does) -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel