2.4.0-test2/test3-pre1 problems

[Mikael Pettersson]

I'm having strange problems with 2.4.0-test2 (and test3-pre1):

- Failures to build working modular kernels with CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y.
  Symbol versions are not expanded in the kernels symbol table, i.e.
  __generic_copy_from_user_R__ver__generic_copy_from_user
  and so on. Symbol versions are expanded in modules, however,
  so attempts to load modules fail with symbol mismatches.
  (Yes, I _did_ make mrproper and dep.)

- Occasional failures in the dynamic linker when starting
  applications. The error message is:
  BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so: dynamic-link.h: 57: elf_get_dynamic_info: Assertion `! "bad dynamic tag"' failed!

These problems often occur when I'm using 2.4.0-test2 to rebuild itself.
The initial 2.4.0-test2 (built from 2.2.17pre9 or 2.4.0-test1) seems
to work ok.

I don't suspect HW or user-space (RH6.2 + updates + gcc 2.95.2),
since 2.4.0-test1 and 2.2.17pre9 work just fine, as have most
other kernel versions done.

Any ideas?

/Mikael