I think --noinhibit-exec worked for me as a temporary measure until I upgraded the kernel. Regards, Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl> To: "Geoffrey Espin" <espin@idiom.com> Cc: "Steven J. Hill" <sjhill@cotw.com>; <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [PATCH] Compiler warnings and remove unused code.... > On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Geoffrey Espin wrote: > > > drivers/char/char.o(.data+0x3958): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit' > > drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x17c): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit' > > drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.data+0x4b0): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit' > > make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 > > > > > > This is linux.2.4.16 + sourceforge/mipslinux (a few weeks old). > > These errors are not MIPS-specific. They were introduced by a stricter > symbol checking in recent binutils. Many of them (but possibly not all) > are removed in Linux 2.4.17. Please try the current version and see if > they persist. > > -- > + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + > +--------------------------------------------------------------+ > + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available + >