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Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 23:41:32 -0700
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To: "Daniel T. Chen" <crimsun@email.unc.edu>
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Subject: Re: Compilation error with Kernels 2.4.16 && 2.5.X
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That would explain why I could compile fine when 2.4.16 was released, 
but not now....Thanks -- anytime frame you know of for a fix?

-Ben Carrell
ben@xmission.com

Daniel T. Chen wrote:

>Upon further investigation this is related to the specific version of
>binutils used in linking the kernel after compilation. Please see
>http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=122179&repeatmerged=yes
>for more details. Additionally, not all kernel .configs will trigger
>it. The USB segment is definitely in a common point, though. 2.2 kernels
>don't seem to exhibit it; but any 2.4 with certain .configs will.
>
>---
>Dan Chen                 crimsun@email.unc.edu
>GPG key: www.cs.unc.edu/~chenda/pubkey.gpg.asc
>
>On 4 Dec 2001, safemode wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 09:54, real wrote:
>>
>>>drivers/char/char.o(.data+0x46b4): undefined reference to `local symbols 
>>>in discarded section .text.exit'
>>>drivers/net/net.o(.data+0xbb4): undefined reference to `local symbols in 
>>>discarded section .text.exit'
>>>drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o(.data+0xb4): undefined reference to `local 
>>>symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
>>>drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.data+0x234): undefined reference to `local symbols 
>>>in discarded section .text.exit'
>>>make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
>>>
>>Same here.  How many other people are finding this to be a problem?   
>>same problem with 2.4.17-pre2  
>>
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