linking problem on linux-2.2.16

[Eric Bohm <bohm gate csgeeks org>]

This happens with or without Alan's patch and has totally blocked my
attempt to upgrade from 2.2.14 to 2.2.16.

I stumbled around in the arch/alpha/kernel sources but wasn't able to
figure out what the problem is.

Any ideas?

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ld -static -T arch/alpha/vmlinux.lds  arch/alpha/kernel/head.o init/main.o init/version.o \
	--start-group \
	arch/alpha/kernel/kernel.o arch/alpha/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o arch/alpha/math-emu/math-emu.o \
	fs/filesystems.a \
	net/network.a \
	drivers/block/block.a drivers/char/char.a drivers/misc/misc.a drivers/net/net.a drivers/scsi/scsi.a drivers/cdrom/cdrom.a drivers/pci/pci.a drivers/pnp/pnp.a drivers/video/video.a \
	/usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/lib/lib.a \
	--end-group \
	-o vmlinux
kernel/kernel.o: In function `dequeue_signal':
signal.c(.kstrtab+0x117): multiple definition of `__kstrtab_init_mm'
arch/alpha/kernel/kernel.o(.kstrtab+0x0):alpha_ksyms.c: first defined here
kernel/kernel.o: In function `dequeue_signal':
signal.c(__ksymtab+0x170): multiple definition of `__ksymtab_init_mm'
arch/alpha/kernel/kernel.o(__ksymtab+0x0):alpha_ksyms.c: first defined here
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
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