Trying to compile 2.5.3-pre5 i get the following error:
$ make bzImage
[...]
make CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__ -I/home/taw/src2/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -malign-functions=4 " -C arch/i386/lib
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/taw/src2/linux/arch/i386/lib'
make all_targets
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/taw/src2/linux/arch/i386/lib'
make[2]: Nie nic do roboty w `all_targets'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/taw/src2/linux/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/taw/src2/linux/arch/i386/lib'
ld -m elf_i386 -T /home/taw/src2/linux/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 \
/home/taw/src2/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /home/taw/src2/linux/lib/lib.a /home/taw/src2/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
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/scsi/scsidrv.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/video/video.o drivers/input/inputdrv.o \
net/network.o \
--end-group \
-o vmlinux
drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o(.data+0xb4): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
$
I also couldn't compile 2.5.2
On the other hand 2.5.2-dj5 works. That's weird.
$ gcc --version
2.95.4
$ ld -v
GNU ld version 2.11.92.0.12.3 20011121 Debian/GNU Linux
.config attached
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