gadgetfs-objs                  := inode.o
 g_file_storage-objs            := file_storage.o
 g_printer-objs                 := printer.o
-g_cdc-objs                     := cdc2.o u_ether.o f_ecm.o \
-                                       u_serial.o f_acm.o $(C_UTILS)
+g_cdc-objs                     := cdc2.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_USB_ETH_RNDIS),y)
        g_ether-objs            += f_rndis.o rndis.o
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+/*
+ * Kbuild is not very cooperative with respect to linking separately
+ * compiled library objects into one module.  So for now we won't use
+ * separate compilation ... ensuring init/exit sections work to shrink
+ * the runtime footprint, and giving us at least some parts of what
+ * a "gcc --combine ... part1.c part2.c part3.c ... " build would.
+ */
+
+#include "composite.c"
+#include "usbstring.c"
+#include "config.c"
+#include "epautoconf.c"
+#include "u_serial.c"
+#include "f_acm.c"
+#include "f_ecm.c"
+#include "u_ether.c"
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 static struct usb_device_descriptor device_desc = {
        .bLength =              sizeof device_desc,
        .bDescriptorType =      USB_DT_DEVICE,
        int                     status;
 
        if (!can_support_ecm(cdev->gadget)) {
-               ERROR(cdev, "controller '%s' not usable\n", gadget->name);
+               dev_err(&gadget->dev, "controller '%s' not usable\n",
+                               gadget->name);
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
        if (status < 0)
                goto fail1;
 
-       INFO(cdev, "%s, version: " DRIVER_VERSION "\n", DRIVER_DESC);
+       dev_info(&gadget->dev, "%s, version: " DRIVER_VERSION "\n",
+                       DRIVER_DESC);
 
        return 0;
 
 
  * this single "physical" link to be used by multiple virtual links.)
  */
 
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "29-May-2008"
+#define UETH__VERSION  "29-May-2008"
 
 struct eth_dev {
        /* lock is held while accessing port_usb
        struct eth_dev  *dev = netdev_priv(net);
 
        strlcpy(p->driver, "g_ether", sizeof p->driver);
-       strlcpy(p->version, DRIVER_VERSION, sizeof p->version);
+       strlcpy(p->version, UETH__VERSION, sizeof p->version);
        strlcpy(p->fw_version, dev->gadget->name, sizeof p->fw_version);
        strlcpy(p->bus_info, dev_name(&dev->gadget->dev), sizeof p->bus_info);
 }