make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r7/arch/i386/lib' gcc -E -C -P -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r7/include -imacros /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r7/include/asm-i386/page_offset.h -Ui386 arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S >arch/i386/vmlinux.lds ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r7/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 \ 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/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/net/wireless/wireless_net.o drivers/video/video.o drivers/usb/usbdrv.o \ net/network.o \ /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r7/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r7/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r7/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \ --end-group \ -o vmlinux fs/fs.o: In function `dput': fs/fs.o(.text+0x11545): undefined reference to `atomic_dec_and_lock' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 The above is what I got after using make config to uncheck the kernel preemption option, followed by a "make clean", "make dep", "make bzImage modules modules_install". something in the gentoo sources kernel causes my laptop to emit a high pitched whine any time the CPU is busy so i was recompiling with preemption off to see if that caused it. standard kernels don't have this problem. i'll try an xfs-sources kernel next. (BTW, unrelated, the install docs say that the gentoo-sources kernel does not contain XFS support. that does not appear to be true.)
Created attachment 1807 [details] the .config file used to attempt this kernel build
try mjc-sources
2.4.19-r9 should be fine, if not re-open.