re string constant include/asm/io.h: In function `__readl': include/asm/io.h:38: syntax error before string constant make[1]: *** [init/main.o] Error 1 make: *** [init] Error 2 Starting with 2.6.27-rc1 readb() et al are generated by a build_mmio_read() macro, which generates asm() statements with output register constraints like "=" "q", i.e. as two adjacent string literals. This doesn't work with gcc-3.2.3. Fixed by moving the "=" part into the callers' reg parameter (as suggested by Ingo). Build and boot-tested with gcc-3.2.3 on 32 and 64-bit x86. Fixes . Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Ù>