I have just tried to compile a clean source (without any patches) of v2.4.14. I did a straight "make oldconfig" of a working v2.4.13 .config. I get the following error message at that last part of the make bzImage when it is creating the final kernel image:
ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux/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/scsi/scsidrv.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/video/video.o \ net/network.o \ /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \ --end-group \ -o vmlinux drivers/block/block.o: In function `lo_send': drivers/block/block.o(.text+0x894f): undefined reference to `deactivate_page' drivers/block/block.o(.text+0x8999): undefined reference to `deactivate_page' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 I suspect others will have the same problem. Any idea of a fix? Please respond by email to either [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]