I'm getting the following compile error with both 2.6.23 and current 
-git when trying to compile the kernel with the attached .config and
gcc 3.2.3:

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...
  LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
drivers/built-in.o: In function `dmi_id_init':
dmi-id.c:(.init.text+0x709e): undefined reference to `__you_cannot_kmalloc_that_much'
sound/built-in.o: In function `snd_mixer_oss_build_input':
mixer_oss.c:(.text+0x18a15): undefined reference to `__you_cannot_kmalloc_that_much'
make[1]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1

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cu
Adrian

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       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed