--- blcr-0.5.0/configure.ac~	2007-03-01 20:26:11.000000000 -0500
+++ blcr-0.5.0/configure.ac	2007-03-08 09:21:36.000000000 -0500
@@ -504,11 +504,11 @@
 # Check kernel (source location, symbol table, features, etc.)
 ################################################################################
 
-if test x"$cr_build_modules" = xyes; then
-
 # Probe for direction of stack growth
 CR_STACK_DIRECTION
 
+if test x"$cr_build_modules" = xyes; then
+
 # First deal with user-specified kernel type (UP, SMP, BIGMEM, etc.) if any.
 case x"$with_kernel_type" in
   x|xyes|xno) ;;