Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (wireless-next tree related)

From: Larry Finger <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:43:42 -0500

On 04/04/2013 02:10 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After merging the final tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> allyesconfig) failed like this:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/built-in.o: In function `.rtl92c_phy_ap_calibrate':
> (.text+0x21d14): multiple definition of `.rtl92c_phy_ap_calibrate'
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/built-in.o:(.text+0xb1e8): first defined here
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/built-in.o: In function `rtl_hal_pwrseqcmdparsing':
> (.opd+0xed0): multiple definition of `rtl_hal_pwrseqcmdparsing'
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/built-in.o:(.opd+0x11a0): first defined here
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/built-in.o: In function `rtl92c_phy_ap_calibrate':
> (.opd+0xe58): multiple definition of `rtl92c_phy_ap_calibrate'
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/built-in.o:(.opd+0x570): first defined here
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/built-in.o: In function `.rtl_hal_pwrseqcmdparsing':
> (.text+0x22164): multiple definition of `.rtl_hal_pwrseqcmdparsing'
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/built-in.o:(.text+0x297a8): first defined here
>
> Caused by commit f0eb856e0b6c ("rtlwifi: rtl8188ee: Add new driver").
>
> I reverted commit 8b138d4898a0 ("rtlwifi: rtl8188ee: Enable build of new
> driver") for today.

I don't know why it is so hard to remember to do an allyesconfig build, but I 
seem to forget. The 2.5 hours it takes on my box does not help.

As you have probably seen, I just submitted a patch to fix the problem.

Thanks for the report,

Larry