linux-kernel - Re: [Ipw2100-admin] [BUILD FAILURE 04/12] Next April 14 : PPC64 randconfig [drivers/staging/built-in.o]

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Message-Id: <1239735595.15115.60.camel@rc-desk>
Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:59:55 -0700
From:	reinette chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:	"subrata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <subrata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	"James P. Ketrenos" <ipw2100-admin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrea Merello <andreamrl@...cali.it>,
	Linuxppc-dev <Linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	sachinp <sachinp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	linux-next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Ipw2100-admin] [BUILD FAILURE 04/12] Next April 14 : PPC64
 randconfig [drivers/staging/built-in.o]

Hi Subrata,

On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 11:28 -0700, Subrata Modak wrote:
> Observed the following build error:
> ---
> LD      drivers/built-in.o
> drivers/staging/built-in.o: In function `ieee80211_xmit':
> drivers/staging/rtl8187se/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c:528: multiple
> definition of `ieee80211_xmit'
> drivers/net/built-in.o:drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/libipw_tx.c:256:
> first defined here
> make[1]: *** [drivers/built-in.o] Error 1
> make: *** [drivers] Error 2

Looks like the rtl8187se driver started with a copy of ipw2x00's
library. Errors like this can thus be expected and should be addressed
by rtl8187se as they are the ones who made the copy.

Reinette

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