undefined reference compiling kernel with binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3

[rwhron]

Summary
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make bzImage with binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3 ends "undefined reference" error.  
I tried compile with 2.4.17-pre2 and 2.4.16.  Both compiles ended with the
same ld command.

binutils-2.11.2 compiles these kernels without a problem. 

platform
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Athlon 1333

Error
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ar  rcs lib.a checksum.o old-checksum.o delay.o usercopy.o getuser.o memcpy.o 
strstr.o mmx.o
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib'
ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.4.16/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/ide/idedriver.o 
drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o 
drivers/video/video.o \
        net/network.o \
        /usr/src/linux-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib/lib.a 
/usr/src/linux-2.4.16/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
        --end-group \
        -o vmlinux
drivers/char/char.o(.data+0x46b4): undefined reference to `local symbols in 
discarded section .text.exit'
drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x1294): undefined reference to `local symbols in 
discarded section .text.exit'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

binutils compile
----------------
unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS &&
/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared &&
make tooldir=/usr && make check && make install tooldir=/usr


make check      (with dejagnu cvs from 11-29-2001) 
----------

                === binutils Summary ===

# of expected passes            31
# of expected failures          1

                === gas Summary ===

# of expected passes            90
./as-new 20011121

                === ld Summary ===

# of expected passes            126
# of expected failures          13

ver_linux
---------
Linux rushmore 2.5.1-pre3 #2 Thu Nov 29 10:10:45 EST 2001 i686 unknown
 
Gnu C                  2.95.3
Gnu make               3.79.1
binutils               2.11.2   (reinstalled 2.11.2 to verify kernel compiles).
util-linux             2.11m
mount                  2.11m
modutils               2.4.12
e2fsprogs              1.25
reiserfsprogs          3.x.0j
PPP                    2.4.1
Linux C Library        2.2.4
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.4
Procps                 2.0.7
Net-tools              1.60
Kbd                    1.06
Sh-utils               2.0
Modules Loaded         

If more details are helpful or there is a patch to test, let me know. 
--
Randy Hron