System: Fedora Core 5(i686) - kernel2.6.17-1.2139_FC5
gcc-4.1.1

While upgrading my system over the weekend to the above mentioned new kernel, I
compiled a custom kernel using config-2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 as a template with only
minor alterations to cpu architecture(athlon), ntfs, isdn, and switching of some
unnecessary graphic & sound modules.

I didn't have any problems compiling a custom kernel with the previous kernel
versions, but with this new 2.6.17 release I ran into various sction mismatch
warnings for several modules as stated below:


WARNING: drivers/atm/he.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from
.text after 'he_init_one' (at offset 0x2252)
WARNING: drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.text: from .data between 'dmi_ids' (at offset 0x120) and '__param_str_force'
WARNING: drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.text: from .data between 'dmi_ids' (at offset 0x14c) and '__param_str_force'
WARNING: drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.text: from .data between 'dmi_ids' (at offset 0x178) and '__param_str_force'
WARNING: drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.text: from .data between 'dmi_ids' (at offset 0x1a4) and '__param_str_force'
WARNING: drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.text: from .data between 'dmi_ids' (at offset 0x1d0) and '__param_str_force'
WARNING: drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.text: from .data between 'dmi_ids' (at offset 0x1fc) and '__param_str_force'
WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from
.text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x102) and 'ne_block_input'
WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.data:isapnp_clone_list from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x19f)
and 'ne_block_input'
WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from
.text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x1b2) and 'ne_block_input'
WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.data:isapnp_clone_list from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x1c9)
and 'ne_block_input'
WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.data:isapnp_clone_list from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x1d2)
and 'ne_block_input'
WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.data:isapnp_clone_list from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x1f7)
and 'ne_block_input'
WARNING: drivers/video/aty/atyfb.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:
from .text between 'atyfb_pci_probe' (at offset 0x2a25) and 'aty_enable_irq'
WARNING: drivers/video/aty/atyfb.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.text:aty_init_cursor from .text between 'atyfb_pci_probe' (at offset
0x2ac0) and 'aty_enable_irq'
WARNING: drivers/video/macmodes.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.text:mac_find_mode from __ksymtab after '__ksymtab_mac_find_mode' (at
offset 0x18)
WARNING: fs/jffs2/jffs2.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.text:jffs2_zlib_init from .text between 'jffs2_compressors_init' (at
offset 0xe) and 'jffs2_free_comprbuf'
WARNING: sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.text:snd_emu8000_new from .text between 'snd_sb16_probe' (at offset 0x454)
and 'snd_sb16_nonpnp_probe1'
WARNING: sound/isa/snd-opl3sa2.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:
from .text between 'snd_opl3sa2_pnp_cdetect' (at offset 0xb79) and
'snd_opl3sa2_pnp_remove'
WARNING: sound/isa/snd-opl3sa2.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:
from .text between 'snd_opl3sa2_pnp_detect' (at offset 0xc61) and
'snd_opl3sa2_put_single'