[ELDK] error building kernel modules

[Mark Little]

We are having trouble building linux 2.6.30.10 kernel modules for power 
PC with the Denx (4.2) toolchain.  Specifically, the kernel module build 
step errors out with the following messages:

    if [ -r System.map -a -x
    {path_to}/denxbuild/output/default_ppc_4xx.list_install/usr/bin/depmod.pl
    ]; then
    {path_to}/denx_build/output/default_ppc_4xx.list_install/usr/bin/depmod.pl
    -ae -F System.map  -b
    {path_to}/denxbuild/output/busybox_ppc_4xx.list_install/ppc_4xx 
    2.6.30.10; fi
    make[1]: *** [_modinst_post] Error 1
    make[1]: Leaving directory `{path_to}/linux-2.6-denx'
    Finished building and installing kernel modules

and there is no modules.dep file generated.  This looks to me like an 
incompatibility between depmod.pl and the kernel Makefile.  
Specifically, it appears that depmod.pl expects a -r (or -s) switch 
before the kernel version, but the versions of depmod that I see in a 
few different flavors of linux all expect the version parameter to be 
positional (and not specified as a target of a switch).

Can anyone provide any insight into this problem, and/or a solution for it?

Thank you,
--
Mark Little