On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 02:50:33PM -0400, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > If this is the same problem as most of the unresolved references that I've > seen on i386, then this is most definitely a kernel problem. What > happened is that the kernel was placing the code for some symbols in a > section that is discarded by the kernel's linker script, so the symbols > that are in that discarded section cannot be referenced. To see if this > is the same problem, try removing the " *(.text.exit)" entry from the > /DISCARD/ line at the end of arch/alpha/vmlinux.lds.in. If this allows > the kernel to link, then it's definitely the same problem that many of the > drivers exhibit. If this is the case, I can probably provide a patch that > you could submit upstream to fix this (I don't have the available time to > follow-up on a kernel patch personally right now). >
This isn't the binutils problem? It looks a bit like it. You need to stop it doing some part of the process and you get a working but slightly bigger kernel. -- Craig Small VK2XLZ GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 Eye-Net Consulting http://www.eye-net.com.au/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIEEE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
