Re: Latest randconfig build errors

Arnd Bergmann
2013-04-15T12:33:03Z

On Saturday 13 April 2013, Rob Clark wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> wrote:
> >
> >> drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_slave.o:(.data+0x54): multiple definition of `__mod_of_device_table'
> >> drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_tfp410.o:(.data+0x54): first defined here
> >> drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_panel.o:(.data+0x54): multiple definition of `__mod_of_device_table'
> >> drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_tfp410.o:(.data+0x54): first defined here
> >> drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.o:(.data+0x184): multiple definition of `__mod_of_device_table'
> >> drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_tfp410.o:(.data+0x54): first defined here
> >
> > Rob, I assume you'll do a patch for this one?
>
>
> oh, I apologize for the late reply, I didn't see this email...
>
> There is a patch that we can merge to make tilcdc bool instead of
> tristate[1], which I suppose is ok for a temporary fix. Although I'm
> all-ears if someone has a better idea about how to fix this. The
> problem is that we have multiple sub-devices for different possible
> panel drivers, so that depending on DT tables, the correct ones get
> loaded for the hw. But they are all built into a single module.

If the master device is always present, that's enough for autoloading
the module anyway, you can just drop the other two MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
lines.

Arnd