Hi Stephen, The next-20080611 kernel build fails on ia64 machine AR arch/ia64/lib/lib.a LD vmlinux.o MODPOST vmlinux.o GEN .version CHK include/linux/compile.h UPD include/linux/compile.h CC init/version.o LD init/built-in.o LD .tmp_vmlinux LD vmlinux ld: .tmp_kallsyms.o: linking constant-gp files with non-constant-gp files ld: failed to merge target specific data of file .tmp_kallsyms.o make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 -- Thanks & Regards, Kamalesh Babulal, Linux Technology Center, IBM, ISTL.