--- linux-2.6.27-rc6/Makefile	2009-10-29 15:15:40.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.27-rc6/Makefile	2009-10-29 15:28:25.000000000 -0400
@@ -555,6 +555,11 @@
 # 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 = \