0.7.102 broken wrt unless sued as module?

[Philip Dodd <dodd.philip@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Following up from my previous post (Problems with 2.4.20 and patches 
from bytesex.org) I would simply like to ask if this release (and 
others?) are broken unless compiled as a module.

If this is the case, could the patches include the relevant changes to 
kbuild?  (mod_bool for menuconfig? but IIRC, this doesn't work with make 
config or make oldconfig...).  Would the same changes also be necessary 
for 2.5.x (which to add insult to injury is also having lots of 
module-based fun of its own :-) )

Has anyone reported success with compiling bttv in this way (ie not as a 
module)?  Am i just being dumb? :-)

Thanks in advance for any help,

Regards,

Philip