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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/setup.ld3
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diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld b/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
index 0f6ec455a2b..03c0683636b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ SECTIONS
/DISCARD/ : { *(.note*) }
+ /*
+ * The ASSERT() sink to . is intentional, for binutils 2.14 compatibility:
+ */
. = ASSERT(_end <= 0x8000, "Setup too big!");
. = ASSERT(hdr == 0x1f1, "The setup header has the wrong offset!");
/* Necessary for the very-old-loader check to work... */