From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the staging tree Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:03:35 -0700 Message-ID: <20130726210335.GA2788@kroah.com> References: <20130726160254.83bbe994219d6ee732c64b7d@canb.auug.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:35007 "EHLO out1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760149Ab3GZVDn (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:03:43 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130726160254.83bbe994219d6ee732c64b7d@canb.auug.org.au> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Stephen Rothwell Cc: linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Eli Billauer On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 04:02:54PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Greg, > > After merging the staging tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 > allmodconfig) failed like this: > > drivers/staging/xillybus/xillybus_pcie.o:(.data+0x6d8): multiple definition of `xillyname' > drivers/staging/xillybus/xillybus_core.o:(.data+0x888): first defined here > > Caused by commit 48bae0507410 ("staging: New driver: Xillybus generic > interface for FPGA"). > > I have disabled that driver. I think I need to just always make any new staging driver only build as a module, and not allowed to be built into the kernel. That will save you time dealing with this, and me the extra time of marking them all as modules-only every time :) Sorry about this, I'll go fix this up now... greg k-h