diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile b/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile
index 736d58f..bfa0229 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
 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
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/cdc2.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/cdc2.c
index a39a4b9..a724fc1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/cdc2.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/cdc2.c
@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+/*
+ * 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,
@@ -148,7 +167,8 @@
 	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;
 	}
 
@@ -203,7 +223,8 @@
 	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;
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/u_ether.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/u_ether.c
index 3791e62..dbd575a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/u_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/u_ether.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
  * 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
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 	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);
 }