Douglas Bates wrote: > On a Debian 3.0 (testing) system updated to binutils 2.11.92.0.12.3-4, > I get a failure when trying to compile a 2.4.17 kernel. The last part > of the transcript is enclosed. > > ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext > arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o > init/version.o \ > --start-group \ > arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o > fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \ > drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o > drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/char/agp/agp.o > drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o > drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/video/video.o drivers/i2c/i2c.o \ > net/network.o \ > /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/arch/i386/lib/lib.a > /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \ > --end-group \ > -o vmlinux > drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o(.data+0x1d4): undefined reference to `local > symbols in discarded section .text.exit' > > My .config file has > CONFIG_SOUND=y > CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT=y > and all other CONFIG_SOUND_* unset. > > I can compile successfully if I unset all CONFIG_SOUND*. > > Suggestions?
Downgrade to binutils 2.11.92.0.10-4. Newer versions may run into exactly this problem when compiling recent 2.4 kernels, depending on your kernel configuration. You can find binutils 2.11.92.0.10-4 in my archive of not-quite-current Debian unstable packages for i386 at http://crdic.ath.cx/debian . Access it with a web browser, not with dpkg; it's not a formal package repository, just a directory full of .debs. Craig
