linker.ld throws error: ld:link.ld:6: syntax error [closed]

When I try to compile link.ld, [below], it throws an error.

;link.ld
OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-i386)
ENTRY(start)
SECTIONS
    {
        . = 0x100000
        .text : { *(.text) }
        .data : { *(.data) }
        .bss  : { *(.bss) }
    }

The error is:

ld:link.ld:6: syntax error.

Please help.

kernel.c:

/*
*  kernel.c
*/
void kmain(void)
{
    const char *str = "my first kernel";
    char *vidptr = (char*)0xb8000;  //video mem begins here.
    unsigned int i = 0;
    unsigned int j = 0;

    /* this loops clears the screen
    * there are 25 lines each of 80 columns; each element takes 2 bytes */
    while(j < 80 * 25 * 2) {
        /* blank character */
        vidptr[j] = '';
        /* attribute-byte - light grey on black screen */
        vidptr[j+1] = 0x07;         
        j = j + 2;
    }

    j = 0;

    /* this loop writes the string to video memory */
    while(str[j] != '\0') {
        /* the character's ascii */
        vidptr[i] = str[j];
        /* attribute-byte: give character black bg and light grey fg */
        vidptr[i+1] = 0x07;
        ++j;
        i = i + 2;
    }
    return;
}

kernel.asm:

;;kernel.asm

;nasm directive - 32 bit
bits 32
section .text
        ;multiboot spec
        align 4
        dd 0x1BADB002            ;magic
        dd 0x00                  ;flags
        dd - (0x1BADB002 + 0x00) ;checksum. m+f+c should be zero

global start
extern kmain            ;kmain is defined in the c file

start:
  cli           ;block interrupts
  mov esp, stack_space  ;set stack pointer
  call kmain
  hlt           ;halt the CPU

section .bss
resb 8192       ;8KB for stack
stack_space:

I have no clue what happens, I have checked and double-checked. kernel.c and kernel.asm compile without issue. Please post fixed code below, I am very frustrated. I run the command:

ld -m elf_i386 -T link.ld -o kernel kasm.o kc.o