--- Makefile.orig	2009-09-02 23:49:06.000000000 +0000
+++ Makefile	2009-09-02 23:49:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -565,6 +565,11 @@
 # disable pointer signed / unsigned warnings in gcc 4.0
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wno-pointer-sign,)
 
+# gcc-4.4 defaults to generating .eh_frame sections, but we aren't
+# interested in those currently. additionally, it causes issues on some
+# architectures.
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm)
+
 # Add user supplied CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS as the last assignments
 # But warn user when we do so
 warn-assign = \