Keith,

I have found that I am still gettting binutils type of error when 
compiling 2.4.17-rc1. It is in usbdrv.o:

drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text.lock+0x5dc): undefined reference to `local 
symbols in discarded section .text.exit'

Through trial and error, I have determined that the error only happens 
when compiling the visor usbserial module into the kernel. I have 
attatched my .config file.

The odd thing is that drivers/usb/serial/visor.c has only its module 
cleanup function (visor_exit) marked as __exit (and nothing as 
__devexit). The only reference to visor_exit() in the file is to use it 
in the module_exit() macro.

I'm confused. Other drivers mark their module cleanup functions with 
__exit and don't have any problems.

-- 
Will Dyson