kernel compile error

["E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <tgakem@sg10.chem.tue.nl>]

Hi all,

A colleague of mine managed to get the following error while compiling
the kernel on his machine at home (I have no access to it from here).
It is a fresh hamm system.  I don't understand how this error comes
about.  The kernel was being compiled with make-kpkg.  Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Eric

error output:
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ld -qmagic -Ttext 0xfffe0 -o bvmlinux head.o misc.o piggy.o
ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; defaulting to 000fffe0
misc.o: In function `fill_inbuf':
misc.o(.text+0x1ebc): undefined reference to `input_data'
misc.o(.text+0x1ec1): undefined reference to `input_len'
misc.o(.text+0x1ed7): undefined reference to `input_data'
make[3]: *** [bvmlinux] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/arch/i386/boot/compressed'
make[2]: *** [compressed/bvmlinux] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/arch/i386/boot'
make[1]: *** [bzImage] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34'
make: *** [build] Error 2