egcs-19980707 on i586-pc-linux-gnu

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message <Pine.LNX.3.96K.980708210942.723A-100000@progress.plw.net>you write:
  > 2-a. failure in compiling linux kernel 2.1.108(ac2)
  > 
  > ....
  > make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.1.108-ac2/drivers/block'
  > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.1.108-ac2/include -Wall -Wstrict-protot
  > ypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe  -mcpu=pentium -march=pentium -malign-l
  > oops=0 -malign-jumps=0 -malign-functions=0 -Dpentium   -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c l
  > l_rw_blk.c
  > /usr/src/linux-2.1.108-ac2/include/asm/bitops.h: In function `make_request':
  > /usr/src/linux-2.1.108-ac2/include/asm/bitops.h:75: invalid `asm': operand
  > number out of range
  > /usr/src/linux-2.1.108-ac2/include/asm/bitops.h:75: invalid `asm': operand 
  > number out of range
  > {standard input}: Assembler messages:
  > {standard input}:562: Error: expecting operand before ','; got nothing
  > {standard input}:563: Error: operands given don't match any known 386 instr
  > uction
  > {standard input}:564: Error: expecting operand before ','; got nothing
  > make[3]: *** [ll_rw_blk.o] Error 1
Can you add "-save-temps" to that compile line and send us the resulting
.i file?  You might need to compress it to get it under the 40kbyte
limit imposed by the list server.

jeff