linux-kernel - Re: [BUILD_FAILURE] 2.6.24-git18 build fails section type conflict psmouse-base

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Message-ID: <20080208104851.GI7198@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:48:51 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>
Subject: Re: [BUILD_FAILURE] 2.6.24-git18 build fails section type conflict
	psmouse-base

On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 04:02:59PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The 2.6.24-git18 kernel build fails on the power machine with following message
> 
> drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c:44: error: __param_proto causes a section type conflict
> drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c:44: error: __param_proto causes a section type conflict
> make[3]: *** [drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.o] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [drivers/input/mouse] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [drivers/input] Error 2
> make: *** [drivers] Error 2
> 
> this failure was reported earlier http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/22/64

You need the patch from [1] manually applied (due to changed context) 
and with " || defined(__powerpc__)" added for getting it compiling.

@Rusty:
Can you look at this issue? It's a modules problem on 3 architectures.

cu
Adrian

[1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/27/29

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