diff -ur modutils-2.4.27/Makefile.in modutils-2.4.27-patched/Makefile.in
--- modutils-2.4.27/Makefile.in	2004-03-07 01:24:48.000000000 -0600
+++ modutils-2.4.27-patched/Makefile.in	2005-08-17 08:41:57.000000000 -0500
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 include	Makefile.common
 
 TARGETS = all install-bin clean distclean realclean dep depend
-SUBDIRS = util obj insmod genksyms depmod @kerneld_SUBDIR@
+SUBDIRS = util obj insmod depmod @kerneld_SUBDIR@
 ifneq (@kerneld_SUBDIR@,)
 	SUBDIRS += man_kerneld
 endif
diff -ur modutils-2.4.27/depmod/depmod.c modutils-2.4.27-patched/depmod/depmod.c
--- modutils-2.4.27/depmod/depmod.c	2003-03-22 20:34:28.000000000 -0600
+++ modutils-2.4.27-patched/depmod/depmod.c	2005-08-17 21:33:40.000000000 -0500
@@ -1132,8 +1132,11 @@
 			return -1;
 
 		for (ksym = ksyms; so_far < nksyms; ++so_far, ksym++) {
-			if (strncmp((char *)ksym->name, "GPLONLY_", 8) == 0)
-				((char *)ksym->name) += 8;
+			if (strncmp((char *)ksym->name, "GPLONLY_", 8) == 0) {
+				char *p = (char *)ksym->name;
+				p += 8;
+				ksym->name = p;
+			}
 			assert(n_syms < MAX_MAP_SYM);
 			symtab[n_syms++] = addsym((char *)ksym->name, mod, SYM_DEFINED, 0);
 		}
diff -ur modutils-2.4.27/insmod/Makefile.in modutils-2.4.27-patched/insmod/Makefile.in
--- modutils-2.4.27/insmod/Makefile.in	2003-10-26 22:42:07.000000000 -0600
+++ modutils-2.4.27-patched/insmod/Makefile.in	2005-08-17 08:41:57.000000000 -0500
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@
 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir); \
 	$(INSTALL) $(STRIP) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir); done;
 	set -e; \
-	for i in $(srcdir)/insmod_ksymoops_clean $(srcdir)/kernelversion; do \
-	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir); \
-	$(INSTALL) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir); done;
-	set -e; \
 	for i in $(COMB); do \
 	ln -sf insmod $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/$$i; \
 	(test "$(insmod_static)" = yes && \
diff -ur modutils-2.4.27/insmod/insmod.c modutils-2.4.27-patched/insmod/insmod.c
--- modutils-2.4.27/insmod/insmod.c	2003-10-26 20:34:46.000000000 -0600
+++ modutils-2.4.27-patched/insmod/insmod.c	2005-08-17 21:34:04.000000000 -0500
@@ -274,8 +274,11 @@
 		 */
 		if (strncmp((char *)s->name, "GPLONLY_", 8) == 0) {
 			gplonly_seen = 1;
-			if (gpl)
-				((char *)s->name) += 8;
+			if (gpl) {
+				char *p = (char *)s->name;
+				p += 8;
+				s->name = p;
+			}
 			else
 				continue;
 		}
diff -ur modutils-2.4.27/obj/obj_kallsyms.c modutils-2.4.27-patched/obj/obj_kallsyms.c
--- modutils-2.4.27/obj/obj_kallsyms.c	2002-02-28 18:39:06.000000000 -0600
+++ modutils-2.4.27-patched/obj/obj_kallsyms.c	2005-08-17 21:29:36.000000000 -0500
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@
 
     /* Initial contents, header + one entry per input section.  No strings. */
     osec->header.sh_size = sizeof(*a_hdr) + loaded*sizeof(*a_sec);
-    a_hdr = (struct kallsyms_header *) osec->contents =
-    	xmalloc(osec->header.sh_size);
+    osec->contents = xmalloc(osec->header.sh_size);
+    a_hdr = (struct kallsyms_header *) osec->contents;
     memset(osec->contents, 0, osec->header.sh_size);
     a_hdr->size = sizeof(*a_hdr);
     a_hdr->sections = loaded;
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@
 	a_hdr->symbol_off +
 	a_hdr->symbols*a_hdr->symbol_size +
 	strings_size - strings_left;
-    a_hdr = (struct kallsyms_header *) osec->contents =
-	xrealloc(a_hdr, a_hdr->total_size);
+    osec->contents = xrealloc(a_hdr, a_hdr->total_size);
+    a_hdr = (struct kallsyms_header *) osec->contents;
     p = (char *)a_hdr + a_hdr->symbol_off;
     memcpy(p, symbols, a_hdr->symbols*a_hdr->symbol_size);
     free(symbols);
diff -ur modutils-2.4.27/obj/obj_mips.c modutils-2.4.27-patched/obj/obj_mips.c
--- modutils-2.4.27/obj/obj_mips.c	2003-04-04 16:47:17.000000000 -0600
+++ modutils-2.4.27-patched/obj/obj_mips.c	2005-08-17 21:29:20.000000000 -0500
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@
   archdata_sec->header.sh_size = 0;
   sec = obj_find_section(f, "__dbe_table");
   if (sec) {
-    ad = (struct archdata *) (archdata_sec->contents) = xmalloc(sizeof(*ad));
+    archdata_sec->contents = xmalloc(sizeof(*ad));
+    ad = (struct archdata *) archdata_sec->contents;
     memset(ad, 0, sizeof(*ad));
     archdata_sec->header.sh_size = sizeof(*ad);
     ad->__start___dbe_table = sec->header.sh_addr;