Hi!

Stefano Rivoir wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.70/2.5.
> >70-mm8/
>
> arch/i386/kernel/setup.c: In function 'setup_early_printk':
> arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:919: error: invalid lvalue in unary '&'
> make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/setup.o] Error 1
>
> Bye

I had the same problem, it occours when the kernel is compiled without SMP 
support and EARLY_PRINTK is not explicitly disabled in the 'Kernel hacking' 
config-section.

The attached patch helps me with this error...

Best regards
   Thomas Schlichter