help with kernel compilation errors!

[Tyler Littlefield]

Hay,
I get these when I try to compile the kernel, any idea why?
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:153,
                 from /usr/include/limits.h:144,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.5/include/limits.h:122,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.5/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.5/include/limits.h:11,
                 from scripts/basic/fixdep.c:105:
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function `use_config':
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:193: error: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:193: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:193: error: for each function it appears in.)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:193: warning: unused variable `s'
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function `parse_dep_file':
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:289: error: `PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:289: warning: unused variable `s'
make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1
make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
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