Alan Cox wrote: >> The problem is that both 8390.c and 8390p.c #include lib8390.c >> and when they are both linked to built-in drivers (not loadable >> modules), the symbols in lib8390.c are duplicated. I think. > > And the symbols in question are static so are scoped within the file > only. Thats why it looks to me as if someone has done "#define static" in > another patch somewhere in -next. Try again: LD drivers/net/built-in.o drivers/net/8390p.o: In function `ei_get_stats': (.text+0x1050): multiple definition of `ei_get_stats' drivers/net/8390.o:(.text+0xe20): first defined here drivers/net/8390p.o: In function `ei_start_xmit': (.text+0x1100): multiple definition of `ei_start_xmit' drivers/net/8390.o:(.text+0xef0): first defined here drivers/net/8390p.o: In function `ei_tx_timeout': (.text+0xec0): multiple definition of `ei_tx_timeout' drivers/net/8390.o:(.text+0xce0): first defined here drivers/net/8390p.o: In function `ei_set_multicast_list': (.text+0x1000): multiple definition of `ei_set_multicast_list' drivers/net/8390.o:(.text+0xea0): first defined here make[2]: *** [drivers/net/built-in.o] Error 1 and none of these functions is static in lib8390.c. ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html