Kernel Compile Error

[John Gilger <bjgilger@cox.net>]

I am trying to compile the benh_2.6 kernel from mvista.com on my Debian 
Ti PowerBook.

Running "make-kpkg --revision benh2.6 kernel-image" returns this error:
*** 2.6 kernels  no longer buildcorrectly with old versions of binutils.
*** Please upgrade your binutils to 2.12.1 or newer

I have the following installed:
binutils (ld) = 2.15
GCC = 3.3.5
make = 3.80
util-linux = 2.12

Google and the archives haven't turned up anything.

Has anyone else had/solved this problem?

TIA

--John