kernel compilation problem

[Laurent Jacques]

Hello,

I use debian woody on alpha miata (PW au 433).
When I compile the kernel 2.4.10 or 2.4.16 from the kernel-source-2.4.(10|16)
package, I obtain always this error message:

===
drivers/char/char.o(.data+0x83a8): undefined reference to `local symbols in
discarded section .text.exit'
drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x218): undefined reference to `local symbols in
discarded section .text.exit'
drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x3f8): undefined reference to `local symbols in
discarded section .text.exit'
drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x518): undefined reference to `local symbols in
discarded section .text.exit'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

===

Is the kernel compilation procedure special on debian ?

I used
$> make dep boot modules modules_install
and the bug occured in the boot step.

Thank you,
L. Jacques

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[Laurent Jacques]

Sorry, I think that my binutils is out of date.
I'm trying with the latest one now.

Laurent.

[Laurent Jacques]

On Thursday 17 January 2002 17:04, Falk Hueffner wrote:
> This is a known problem (though it is not clear whether it's a kernel
> or binutils bug). To work around it, enable hot plugging.

Thanks. This is working with hot plugging set to Yes.
However, I don't really understand why.
Can you explain why this option allow the complete compilation of the kernel ?

Laurent.