2.5.4 error building vmlinuz

[Kirk Reiser <kirk@braille.uwo.ca>]

Hi Folks:  I downloaded the 2.5.4 tar ball and applied a one line
patch by Dave ??? I don't remember his last name.  Most of the kernel
compiled just fine until I got to the loader stage.  I have tried the
compile a number of times removing newer features I had included from
the 2.5.4 configuration.  It continually dies just after the ld
stage.  Here's the log:

ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.5.4/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o init/version.o init/do_mounts.o \
	--start-group \
	arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
	/usr/src/linux-2.5.4/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.5.4/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.5.4/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
	 drivers/base/base.o drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/pnp/pnp.o drivers/video/video.o \
	net/network.o \
	--end-group \
	-o vmlinux
drivers/char/char.o(.data+0x46b4): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x174): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

Once again could someone help the clewless?
  Kirk

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Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
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