Re: Kernel build error

[Craig Dickson <crdic@yahoo.com>]

Daniel T. Chen wrote:

> No, it appears the culprit is binutils. I just tried to compile 2.4.12-ac3
> + Rik's vm patches and ld bombed out with the exact error described at
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=116041&repeatmerged=yes
> 
> Downgrade to 2.11.92.0.5-2 (it resolved the issue for me) and put binutils
> on hold using apt/dselect/etc.

Thanks, that did the trick. I didn't think size should have been a
problem, since my kernel is already pretty trim (no drivers for hardware
I don't have or filesystems I don't use, etc.), but then most people
probably don't build purely monolithic kernels (I even turn off loadable
module support).

Craig