[tulip] Error during compile : what is .modinfo?

[Frank J. Schmuck]

When compiling the tulip drivers with -D__SMP__ I receive errors similar to
the following for each file compiled using the makefile included.  I can't
locate .modinfo in order to track down the errors.  The result is production
of drivers that do initialize the card but hangs the system.

pci-skeleton.c
{standard input} : Assembler messages:
{standard input} :70: Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for
.modinfo

Thanks
Frank