Re: [BUILD_FAILURE] linux-next: 20081125 - 8390 network driver buildfails

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Nov 25 2008 - 14:34:43 EST


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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