>> I tried --save-temps and the resulting .s files were identical. >> I found that the problem was introduced by "as". >> I ran "as" twice with the same arguments. The two resulting .o files >> were different. >> I upgraded the binutils to the latest version: 2.19. The problem >> hasn't gone away. > > That is very unusual and certainly indicates a bug in the assembler. > Please file a bug against the GNU binutils at > http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/ . Attach your assembler file to the > bug. Thanks. > Ok. And it seems to be a system-specific bug. I even can't reproduce it on a more recent AMD machine with the same .s file and the same static linked "as" binary . You can see more details at http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2009-05/msg00337.html. It's really unusual.
Thanks.
