On 05 Mar 2002, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 04:33:42PM +0800, Eric. He wrote: > > I compile kernel-2.4.17 to support my ac'97 sound card of intel i815e. But > > i can't compile the kernel use "make bzIamge"command. > > the error lists: > > .... > > drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o(.data+0x194):undefined referecne to 'local > > symbols in discarded section .text.exit' > > make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 > > Sounds like that famous binutils incompability with recent kernels. > Two alternatives: upgrade bintuils, or uncomment a line in > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.17/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds, in the > > /* Sections to be discarded */ > > comment out this line: > > *(.text.exit) > > -- > Note that I use Debian version 3.0 > Linux emac140 2.4.17 #1 s?n feb 10 20:21:22 CET 2002 i686 unknown > > Hans Ekbrand
Upgrade binutils or downgrade? I'm currently using an older version, binutils_2.11.92.0.10-4_i386.deb, which works with kernels up to 2.4.18. I was wondering if it was time to move to a later binutils, but seemingly not. AC -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For electronic books on the Assassins and on homeopathy, skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan]
