The 2.4.20-xfs kernel (stable) fails at the final link stage w/ kdb enabled: ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-xfs/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 kdb/kdb.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/cdrom/driver.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/video/video.o drivers/input/inputdrv.o net/network.o crypto/crypto.o /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-xfs/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-xfs/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-xfs/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-xfs/arch/i386/kdb/kdba.o --end-group -o .tmp_vmlinux1 kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x138f1): In function `kallsyms_symbol_to_address': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x138f6): In function `kallsyms_symbol_to_address': : undefined reference to `__stop___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x138fe): In function `kallsyms_symbol_to_address': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13907): In function `kallsyms_symbol_to_address': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x1390c): In function `kallsyms_symbol_to_address': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13915): In function `kallsyms_symbol_to_address': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13923): In function `kallsyms_symbol_to_address': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13c17): more undefined references to `__start___kallsyms' follow kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13c1c): In function `kallsyms_address_to_symbol': : undefined reference to `__stop___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13c24): In function `kallsyms_address_to_symbol': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13c2d): In function `kallsyms_address_to_symbol': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13c32): In function `kallsyms_address_to_symbol': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13c3b): In function `kallsyms_address_to_symbol': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13c48): In function `kallsyms_address_to_symbol': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13e7d): more undefined references to `__start___kallsyms' follow kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13e82): In function `kallsyms_symbol_complete': : undefined reference to `__stop___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13e96): In function `kallsyms_symbol_complete': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13e9c): In function `kallsyms_symbol_complete': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13ea5): In function `kallsyms_symbol_complete': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13eb8): In function `kallsyms_symbol_complete': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x1409f): In function `kallsyms_symbol_next': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x140a4): In function `kallsyms_symbol_next': : undefined reference to `__stop___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x140ac): In function `kallsyms_symbol_next': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x140b4): In function `kallsyms_symbol_next': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x140bd): In function `kallsyms_symbol_next': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x140ce): In function `kallsyms_symbol_next': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x1435a): In function `kallsyms_get_module_list': : undefined reference to `__start___kallsyms' kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x14365): In function `kallsyms_get_module_list': : undefined reference ...{snip}... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: I'll attach my .config in a bit.
Created attachment 9547 [details] 2.4.20-xfs kernel config w/ kdb enabled
kdb problems will be fixed when sgi releases a decent version
