linux-kernel - linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (wireless tree related)

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Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:21:09 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>,
	Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@....qualcomm.com>,
	Raja Mani <rmani@....qualcomm.com>,
	Vivek Natarajan <nataraja@....qualcomm.com>,
	Suraj Sumangala <surajs@....qualcomm.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Jouni Malinen <jouni@....qualcomm.com>
Subject: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (wireless
 tree related)

Hi John,

After merging the final tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc allyesconfig)
failed like this:

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/built-in.o: In function `htc_start':
(.opd+0x600): multiple definition of `htc_start'
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/built-in.o:(.opd+0x3e40): first defined here
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/built-in.o: In function `.htc_stop':
(.text+0x7b40): multiple definition of `.htc_stop'
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/built-in.o:(.text+0x67b34): first defined here
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/built-in.o: In function `.htc_start':
(.text+0x7d18): multiple definition of `.htc_start'
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/built-in.o:(.text+0x67ba0): first defined here
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/built-in.o: In function `htc_stop':
(.opd+0x5e8): multiple definition of `htc_stop'
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/built-in.o:(.opd+0x3e28): first defined here

Probably caused by commit bdcd81707973 ("Add ath6kl cleaned up driver").

I have reverted commit 392e741939dd ("Merge branch 'ath6kl-next' of
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath6kl") for today.

John, this has happened a couple of times before where people have just
copied an existing driver that happens to have some badly named global
variables.  :-(
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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