Hi Greg, On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:27:23 -0800 Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 01:12:27PM -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 08:45:55 PST, Greg KH said: > > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 09:56:45AM +0100, Zimny Lech wrote: > > > > Ave! > > > > > > > > 2010/11/26 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > > OMG, LOL, this one is awesome :) The longest build error ever, ever, > > > > ever seen! Fscking awesome, someone gets Guiness World Record :) > > > > > > > > LD drivers/staging/built-in.o > > > > drivers/staging/rtl8192e/built-in.o: In function `rtl8192_setBBreg': > > > > (.text+0xae00): multiple definition of `rtl8192_setBBreg' > > > > drivers/staging/rtl8192u/built-in.o:(.text+0xa1a0): first defined here > > > > > > You built both of these drivers into the kernel, which causes the > > > problem. Try building them as modules, or just one as a module, and > > > that will solve the problem. > > > > We probably should create some Kconfig magic to prevent this situation? > > > > depends (othermodule != 'y') || (myself != 'y') > > > > or am I on the wrong track here? > > Just make each module depend on 'm' so that they can not be built into > the kernel, and all should be fine. Surely the real fix is to make sure that the global symbols in these drivers are unique ... -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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