Hi Nick.
> Hi. I just compiled the 2.4.2 Linux Kernel on my machine and
> ran into trouble with the linker. I had just installed the
> latest build of binutils and apparently they changed the command
> line flag from -oformat to --oformat, so the Makefile needed to
> be edited in order to get it to compile. I'm not sure if you're
> who's supposed to get mail on this or not, so if not, sorry :-)
It's not something I can deal with personally, but the person
responsible will be on the Linux-Kernel mailing list. I've taken the
liberty of forwarding my reply there as well, with your original
message quoted above.
Best wishes from Riley.