Subject: Re: make allyesconfig i386 build failure with next-20150122 (caused by fb_agm1264k-fl driver)

From: Guenter Roeck <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 18:42:48 -0800

On 01/26/2015 02:46 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 01:59:59PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 12:10:33PM -0700, Jim Davis wrote:
>>> make ARCH=i386 allyesconfig fails with
>>>
>>> drivers/staging/built-in.o: In function `reset':
>>> (.text+0x2ae89d): multiple definition of `reset'
>>> drivers/isdn/built-in.o:(.text+0x185dc2): first defined here
>>> make[1]: *** [drivers/built-in.o] Error 1
>>
>> Culprit:
>>
>> commit b2ebd4be6fa1d2329b63531b044f9e25474981cb
>> Author: Thomas Petazzoni <[email-masked]>
>> Date:   Wed Dec 31 10:11:10 2014 +0100
>>
>>      staging: fbtft: add fb_agm1264k-fl driver
>>
>> A global function named 'reset' isn't really a good idea.
>>
>> Not that the global function with the same name in the isdn code
>> is better ;-).
>
> Agreed, the fbtft code is now fixed.  Patches to fix the isdn code would
> be gladly accepted as well :)
>

Did you have a look into the isdn code ? It will need someone
with a lot of spare time to clean this code up.

Guenter