Re: 2.5.55: local symbols in net/ipv6/af_inet6.o

[David van Hoose]

Niels den Otter wrote:
> As of 2.5.54bk6 (including 2.5.55) I get the following compilation error:
> 
SNIP!
> net/built-in.o(.init.text+0x1a34): In function `inet6_init':
> : undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .exit.text'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
> 
> 
> The reference_discarded.pl script says following:
>  pangsit:/usr/src/linux/net> perl ~otter/reference_discarded.pl 
>  Finding objects, 245 objects, ignoring 0 module(s)
>  Finding conglomerates, ignoring 11 conglomerate(s)
>  Scanning objects
>  Error: ./ipv6/af_inet6.o .init.text refers to 000003e4 R_386_PC32 .exit.text
>  Done
> 
> I tried both gcc-2.95 & gcc-3.2.2 .

Change the IPv6 option in your config from Y to M. That is a workaround 
until whoever fixes that. I get it too.

-David