Re: kernel compilation problem

[Falk Hueffner <falk.hueffner@student.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Laurent Jacques <ljacques@fyma.ucl.ac.be> writes:

> I use debian woody on alpha miata (PW au 433).  When I compile the
> kernel 2.4.10 or 2.4.16 from the kernel-source-2.4.(10|16) package,
> I obtain always this error message:
> 
> ===
> drivers/char/char.o(.data+0x83a8): undefined reference to `local symbols in 
> discarded section .text.exit'
> drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x218): undefined reference to `local symbols in 
> discarded section .text.exit'
> drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x3f8): undefined reference to `local symbols in 
> discarded section .text.exit'
> drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x518): undefined reference to `local symbols in 
> discarded section .text.exit'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

This is a known problem (though it is not clear whether it's a kernel
or binutils bug).  To work around it, enable hot plugging.

        Falk