linux-kernel - Re: [BUILD-FAILURE] next-20090114

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Message-ID: <20090114180403.GA16974@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:04:03 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUILD-FAILURE] next-20090114 - drivers/staging/meilhaus

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:30:24PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> 	next-20090114 randconfig build on x86_64 machine fails,
> 
>   LD      drivers/staging/meilhaus/built-in.o
> drivers/staging/meilhaus/me1600.o: In function `cleanup_module':
> (.exit.text+0x0): multiple definition of `cleanup_module'
> drivers/staging/meilhaus/memain.o:memain.c:(.exit.text+0x0): first defined here

Yeah, a lot of these staging drivers can't handle being built into the
kernel.

At first glance, I don't see a way to prevent this, is there some
Kconfig option I can use to say, "this can only be a module or disabled,
not build statically"?

thanks,

greg k-h
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