netdev - Re: [BUILD_FAILURE] linux-next: 20081125 - 8390 network driver build fails

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Message-ID: <492C5334.2090801@oracle.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:34:12 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	p_gortmaker@...oo.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, mel@....ul.ie
Subject: Re: [BUILD_FAILURE] linux-next: 20081125 - 8390 network driver build
 fails

Alan Cox wrote:
>> I just reported this on netdev and said that DaveM might want to drop a patch
>> that I had submitted.  Anyway, I'm looking into it.
> 
> Ditto and the only sane interpretation I can see is that someone
> somewhere has crap in their tree that does
> 
> #define static
> 
> and this is leaking out.

The problem is that both 8390.c and 8390p.c #include lib8390.c
and when they are both linked to built-in drivers (not loadable
modules), the symbols in lib8390.c are duplicated.  I think.

~Randy

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