Re: Compile problem for 2.4.26

[k l u r t <klurt@3phase.org>]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Steve Kieu wrote:

> 
> > drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o(.data+0x274): undefined
> > references to 'local symbols in discarded section
> > .text.exit'
> > 
> > make:*** [vmlinux] Error 1
> > 
> 
> I got this problem when compiling the kernel
> 2.4.17-rc1 as well as 2.4.16. I asked one time in the
> list and got not-useful info yet. By the way I suspect
> that the new version of binutils may be the cause of
> the problem, actually the code in the kernel not
> compatible, so I try to downgrade binutils to version
> in potato and it works . But this is only temporary
> solution, I hope that the kernel hacker will correct
> the kernel code in order to use the new version of
> binutils in woody
> 
> So at the moment you can go to potato download
> binutils packages there and run a
> 
> dpkg -i --force-downgrade package_name.deb
> 
> But I repeat it is only temporary solution. May other
> have a better solution as well, I dont know, perhaps a
> patch to the kernel?
> 
> 
> 
>  
> > What's going on?
> > 
> > john 
> 
> =====
> S.KIEU


i didn't need to downgrade my binutils package...
i patched my kernel (2.4.16) with patch-2.4.17-rc1 :

debian:/usr/src/linux# patch -p1 < patch-2.4.17-rc1

...recompiled my kernel, and all is working fine.

just to let you know,
- k l u r t
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