Bug#384889: Don't know the implications of the following

[shaulka@012.net.il]

Package: linux-source-2.6.17
Version: 2.6.17-7
Severity: normal

  I am getting the following messages on stderr while make-kpkging. I don't  know what the
implications are. 
  There is a DEPMOD=/sbin/depmod in the top Makefile: why, then, do I get
the message about depmod bellow? This was ran by a normal user: ddepmod is, indeed,
not on the PATH.

WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0xeb) and 'ne_close'
WARNING: drivers/net/smc-ultra.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:ultra_portlist from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0xa4) and 'ultra_close_card'
WARNING: drivers/net/smc-ultra.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:ultra_portlist from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0xb4) and 'ultra_close_card'
WARNING: drivers/net/smc-ultra.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0xc2) and 'ultra_close_card'
WARNING: drivers/net/smc-ultra.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0xea) and 'ultra_close_card'
/bin/sh: depmod: command not found
make: [install/linux-image-2.6.17-7] Error 127 (ignored)
tar: -: file name read contains nul character