--- ./scripts/kallsyms.c.orig	2005-03-10 11:00:26.000000000 +0000
+++ ./scripts/kallsyms.c	2005-03-10 11:11:50.000000000 +0000
@@ -499,11 +499,30 @@ static void forget_symbol(unsigned char 
 		forget_token(symbol + i, len - i);
 }
 
+/* sort the symbols by address->name so that even if aliased symbols 
+ * change position, or the symbols are not supplied in address order
+ * the algorithm will work nevertheless */
+
+static int sort_by_address_name(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	struct sym_entry *sa, *sb;
+
+	sa = (struct sym_entry *) a;
+	sb = (struct sym_entry *) b;
+
+	if (sa->addr != sb->addr)
+		return sa->addr - sb->addr;
+
+	return strcmp(sa->sym + 1, sb->sym + 1);
+}
+
 /* set all the symbol flags and do the initial token count */
 static void build_initial_tok_table(void)
 {
 	int i, use_it, valid;
 
+	qsort(table, cnt, sizeof(table[0]), sort_by_address_name);
+
 	valid = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
 		table[i].flags = 0;