Daniel T. Chen wrote: > No, it appears the culprit is binutils. I just tried to compile 2.4.12-ac3 > + Rik's vm patches and ld bombed out with the exact error described at > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=116041&repeatmerged=yes > > Downgrade to 2.11.92.0.5-2 (it resolved the issue for me) and put binutils > on hold using apt/dselect/etc.
Thanks, that did the trick. I didn't think size should have been a problem, since my kernel is already pretty trim (no drivers for hardware I don't have or filesystems I don't use, etc.), but then most people probably don't build purely monolithic kernels (I even turn off loadable module support). Craig
