hi group, can someone tell me what is going wrong with my kernel? if i compile my kernel i get this error message ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux/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/char/agp/agp.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/pnp/pnp.o drivers/video/video.o \ net/network.o \ /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/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' make: *** [vmlinux] Fehler 1 attached my cpuinfo, meminfo and my .config an an nm output from driver/char/char.o cu thomas -- Thomas Braun WESTEND GmbH - Aachen und Dueren Tel 0241/701333-0 tb@westend.com Internet & Security for Professionals Fax 0241/911879 WESTEND ist CISCO Systems Partner - Premium Certified