Kernel 2.4.16 gcc conflict?

["H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@quickfur.yi.org>]

Hi all, I'm encountering something that's potentially a gcc issue with
kernel 2.4.16. I have been able to compile the exact same kernel with the
exact kernel version and configuration before, so I'm guessing it's a gcc
problem. Here's what happens toward the end of the build (I'm using
make-kpkg): 

[... big snippage of boring compile ... ]
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-2.4.16/arch/i386/math-emu'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-2.4.16/arch/i386/math-emu'
ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/kernel-2.4.16/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o init/version.o \
        --start-group \
        arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
         drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/char/agp/agp.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/pnp/pnp.o drivers/video/video.o arch/i386/math-emu/math.o \
        net/network.o \
        /usr/src/kernel-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/kernel-2.4.16/lib/lib.a /usr/src/kernel-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
        --end-group \
        -o vmlinux
drivers/char/char.o(.data+0x46b4): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x94): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
drivers/net/net.o(.data+0xc34): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
drivers/net/net.o(.data+0xcd4): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
make[1]: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-2.4.16'
make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2


Here are the relevant packages on my system:

ii  kernel-package 7.75           Debian Linux kernel package build scripts.
ii  gcc            2.95.4-8       The GNU C compiler.
ii  binutils       2.11.92.0.12.3 The GNU assembler, linker and binary utiliti
ii  libc6          2.2.4-7        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone

Any hints? This little problem is VERY annoying, since I only need that
One Last Config Tweak to make my kernel work, but I can no longer rebuild
the kernel because I happened to upgrade in between builds. :-(


T

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