Re: Kernel 2.4.x compilation problem

[Philippe Ribet <p.ribet@worldonline.fr>]

Holger Paschke wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 04:15:53PM +0100, robert_karllson@non.agilent.com wrote:
>
> > ...
> > Any more who had the same problem. (The same message didn't just come from
> > the soundcard, it also came from the netdriver). And as everything compiled
> > neatly before the update, I do not believe that this is a kernel issue in
> > itself.
> > ...
>
> I heard, that this is a kernel problem, which is activated by the new
> binutils in testing/woody.
>
> It should be fixed in the unofficial testing kernels 2.4.17-pre8 and
> above (is this only a coincidence - testing kernels needed for testing
> binutils:-).
>
> The alternative is downgrading the binutils, e.g. I need older kernels
> for a partimage floppy (newer kernels seem to have problems with the
> root fs on floppies, but that's another story...), so I will try to
> install an older version of binutils at the weekend (2.11.92.0.10-4
> should work, I was told).

After updating my woody I was unable to compile kernel 2.4.6 and I used the same
kernel-config file than last time (and can compile again when restoring woody
system state before the update). So I thought that some tool has a bug. Thank you
for tip about binutils.


Philippe Ribet