2.1 compilation secrets?

[Hamish Moffatt <moffatt@yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU>]

Sorry to bring this up again, but can somebody who has 2.1.x running
on debian let me know what I'm doing wrong? I have gcc 2.7.2,
binutils 2.7-3, libc 5.4.7. I can't compile kernel 2.1.5;

make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.5/arch/i386/kernel'
rm -f kernel.o
ld -m elf_i386  -r -o kernel.o  process.o signal.o entry.o traps.o irq.o vm86.o
bios32.o ptrace.o ioport.o ldt.o setup.o time.o sys_i386.o ksyms.o
ld: cannot open entry.o: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [kernel.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.5/arch/i386/kernel'
make[2]: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.5'
make[1]: *** [build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.5'
make: *** [stamp-image] Error 2

I compiled entry.S by hand and this seems to work, at least, it's
passed the above; but has anyone else had this, and why?
The Makefile seems to be correct.


hamish