mipsel-linux-ld:arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds:6: parse error

[Mudeem Iqbal <mudeem@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi,

I have built a toolchain using the following combination

binutils-2.15.94.0.2
gcc-3.4.3
glibc-2.3.3
linux-2.6.9	(from linux-mips.org)

I am cross compiling linux kernel for mips. I think the toolchain has been
successfully built. But when cross compiling the kernel I get the following
error

LD	init/built-in.o
LD .tmp_vmlinux1
mipsel-linux-ld:arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds:6: parse error
make: ***[.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1

The vmlinux.lds is as follows

1) OUPUT_ARH(mips)
2) Entry(kernel_entry)
3) jiffies = jiffies_64;
4) SECTION
5) {
6)	. = ;
7)	/* rea-only */
8)	_text = .; /* Text and read only data *
	..................................
}

The line indicated by the error is . = ; Any ideas

Thanks in advance

Mudeem