Re: Problem compiling kernel 2.4.16 with woody

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 jochen005@eplus-online.de wrote:

> Hello,

Hi Jochen,

>...
> drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x138): undefined reference to `local symbols in
> discarded section .text.exit'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
>...
> After downgrading binutils to 2.11.92.0.10-4, compilation was fine
> again.
> Is there a problem with the newer binutils package? Or need any other
> packages upgrading?

this is a known (and already several dozen times reported) problem. The
new binutils trigger a bug in the kernel source. You have to either use
older binutils or you have to use kernel 2.4.17-rc2.

>  Jochen

cu
Adrian

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