/usr/bin/ld: unrecognized option '--as-needed'

[Hypatia Rojas]

Hi,
I am getting the following error:

c97b1mn32:/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.244
# make prepare cloneconfig
Makefile:438: .config: No such file
or directory
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `Makefile'.
Makefile:438: .config: No such file
or directory
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
/usr/bin/ld: unrecognized option '--as-needed'
/usr/bin/ld: use the --help option for
usage information
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep]
Error 1
make[2]: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
make[1]: *** [include/linux/autoconf.h]
Error 2
make: *** [prepare] Error 2

Do you know what I need to do