Here is the error I get at the end of make dep ; make clean ; make zlilo
arch/i386/mm/mm.o: In function `search_exception_table':
arch/i386/mm/mm.o(.text+0xbd3): undefined reference to `__start___ex_table'
arch/i386/mm/mm.o(.text+0xbd8): undefined reference to `__stop___ex_table'
arch/i386/mm/mm.o(.text+0xbde): undefined reference to `__stop___ex_table'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
>From what I've heard, upgrading your binutils will make this problem
go away.