link error in usbdrv.o (2.4.17-pre5)

[Will Dyson]

When compiling 2.4.17-pre5 with the usb compiled in, the final link 
produces the following error:

ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext 
arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o 
init/version.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 \
	 drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o 
drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/char/agp/agp.o 
drivers/char/drm/drm.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/scsi/scsidrv.o 
drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/video/video.o 
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o drivers/input/inputdrv.o drivers/i2c/i2c.o \
	net/network.o \
	/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/lib/lib.a 
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
	--end-group \
	-o vmlinux
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text.lock+0x5dc): undefined reference to `local 
symbols in discarded section .text.exit'

The .config that produces this error can be found here: 
<http://cs.earlham.edu/~will/err_config>

-- 
Will Dyson