gentoo kernel compile bzImage error — bad register name '%dill'

Question

I'm installing gentoo Linux and I just installed my kernel, but has to configure.

When I compile my kernel with make && make modules_install, it gives me an error in the end saying:

arch/x86/boot/boot.h: Assembler messages:
arch/x86/boot/boot.h:122: Error: bad register name '%dill'
make[1]: *** [arch/x86/boot/video.o] Error 1
make: *** [bzImag] Error 2

I have tried genkernel and manually configuring my kernel, by both gives me the same error; I used make menuconfig and not emerge genkernel.

Can anyone please help me?

Answer 1

One way or another, your compiler isn't correctly configured. Without more hardware specs, this is, I think, the best a person can do:

The Gentoo guide to optimizing (aka for a first time gentoo install: configuring,) your compiler is at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gcc-optimization.xml

If you need further help, post your cat /etc/make.conf, cat /proc/cpuinfo, and for good measure, then env output from your bash session, although your bash session's env will probably reveal nothing of value unless make.conf is fine.

PS: Be sure to run make clean after changing anything compiler related in make.conf, in case it finished anything and left it laying around.

Answer 2

It seems u r compiling on a 64bit architecture