diff -ruN linux-2.4.0-010109/drivers/char/drm/Makefile linux-2.4.0-010109.drm/drivers/char/drm/Makefile
--- linux-2.4.0-010109/drivers/char/drm/Makefile	Thu Jan  4 13:07:01 2001
+++ linux-2.4.0-010109.drm/drivers/char/drm/Makefile	Tue Jan  9 13:43:21 2001
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@
 lib-objs-mod := $(patsubst %.o,%-mod.o,$(lib-objs))
 
 ifdef MAKING_MODULES
-  lib = drmlib-mod.a
+  lib = drmlib-mod.o
 else
-  obj-y += drmlib.a
+  obj-y += drmlib.o
 endif
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/Rules.make
@@ -73,13 +73,11 @@
 $(patsubst %.o,%.c,$(lib-objs-mod)): 
 	@ln -sf $(subst -mod,,$@) $@
 
-drmlib-mod.a: $(lib-objs-mod)
-	rm -f $@
-	$(AR) $(EXTRA_ARFLAGS) rcs $@ $(lib-objs-mod)
+drmlib-mod.o: $(lib-objs-mod)
+	$(LD) -r -o $@ $(lib-objs-mod)
 
-drmlib.a: $(lib-objs)
-	rm -f $@
-	$(AR) $(EXTRA_ARFLAGS) rcs $@ $(lib-objs)
+drmlib.o: $(lib-objs)
+	$(LD) -r -o $@ $(lib-objs)
 
 gamma.o: $(gamma-objs) $(lib)
 	$(LD) -r -o $@ $(gamma-objs) $(lib)