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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686; Nav)

Description of problem:
the kernel network part exits with an error during compilation after 

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install sources
2. make xconfig
3. make mrproper
4. make dep
5. make bzImage
	

Actual Results:  error reported by the compilator:

make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/arch/i386/lib'
gcc -E -C -P -I/usr/src/linux-2.4/include -imacros
/usr/src/linux-2.4/include/asm-i386/page_offset.h -Ui386
arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S >arch/i386/vmlinux.lds
ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.4/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext
arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o
init/version.o \
        --start-group \
        arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o
fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
        drivers/block/block.o drivers/char/char.o drivers/misc/misc.o
drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o  drivers/ide/idedriver.o
drivers/scsi/scsidrv.o drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_new/aic7xxx_drv.o
drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o
drivers/pnp/pnp.o drivers/video/video.o \
        net/network.o \
        /usr/src/linux-2.4/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4/lib/lib.a
/usr/src/linux-2.4/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
        --end-group \
        -o vmlinux
net/network.o: In function `irc_nat_expected':
net/network.o(.text+0x34d1f): undefined reference to `ip_irc_lock'
net/network.o(.text+0x34d4a): undefined reference to `ip_irc_lock'
net/network.o(.text+0x34d58): undefined reference to `ip_irc_lock'
net/network.o(.text+0x34d87): undefined reference to `ip_irc_lock'
net/network.o(.text+0x34d9c): undefined reference to `ip_irc_lock'
net/network.o(.text+0x34dc7): more undefined references to `ip_irc_lock'
follow
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1


Expected Results:  a new kernel :-(

Additional info:

the .config is in attachment