Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the staging tree

From: Greg KH <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:25:01 -0700

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 01:19:59PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> After merging the staging tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
> allmodconfig) failed like this:
> 
> drivers/staging/gdm724x/built-in.o: In function `netlink_init':
> (.text+0x19b6): multiple definition of `netlink_init'
> drivers/staging/gdm72xx/built-in.o:(.text+0x19d5): first defined here
> drivers/staging/gdm724x/built-in.o: In function `netlink_exit':
> (.text+0x1a2a): multiple definition of `netlink_exit'
> drivers/staging/gdm72xx/built-in.o:(.text+0x1a49): first defined here
> drivers/staging/gdm724x/built-in.o: In function `netlink_send':
> (.text+0x1a4f): multiple definition of `netlink_send'
> drivers/staging/gdm72xx/built-in.o:(.text+0x1a67): first defined here
> 
> Presumably caused by commit 61e121047645 ("staging: gdm7240: adding LTE
> USB driver").  I disabled this driver using this patch:
> 
> From: Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]>
> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 13:16:30 +1000
> Subject: [PATCH] staging: disable the gdm724x driver due to build problems
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/gdm724x/Kconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/Kconfig
> index 10f7be1..85141bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/Kconfig
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>  config LTE_GDM724X
>  	tristate "GCT GDM724x LTE support"
>  	depends on NET && USB
> +	depends on BROKEN

Ugh, that means this can't be built into the kernel, due to symbol
issues, I'll go fix that up with a "depends on m" patch.

thanks,

greg k-h