From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752180AbZCKQ3S (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:29:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751931AbZCKQ3G (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:29:06 -0400 Received: from mx1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:60204 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751345AbZCKQ3E (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:29:04 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:22:03 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Toralf =?iso-8859-1?Q?F=F6rster?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: build issue #592 for v2.6.29-rc7-3-g559595a :multiple definition of `ieee80211_xmit' Message-ID: <20090311162203.GC21831@suse.de> References: <200903081151.40006.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> <20090308110942.GC27811@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20090308110942.GC27811@elte.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 12:09:42PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > (Cc: line extended) > > * Toralf Förster wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > the build (.config attached) failed, make ends with : > > ... > > CC [M] drivers/watchdog/wm8350_wdt.o > > CC [M] drivers/watchdog/softdog.o > > LD drivers/built-in.o > > drivers/staging/built-in.o: In function `ieee80211_xmit': > > (.text+0x6bc3d): multiple definition of `ieee80211_xmit' > > drivers/net/built-in.o:(.text+0x19a7f): first defined here > > make[1]: *** [drivers/built-in.o] Error 1 > > make: *** [drivers] Error 2 Yes, some of the staging drivers can't all be built into the kernel at this time due to duplicated symbols. I'm working on fixing this up, but for now, it's recommended that you just build them as modules wherever possible. thanks, greg k-h