Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com> writes:

> Please look at /usr/src/UPDATING, in particular the entry for 20010803.

That entry suggests installing a new gas before trying to compile a
kernel.  Actually, there's a much simpler way: just (temporarily)
remove "options I686_CPU" from your kernel configuration file.

-tih
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