Subject: Re: [PATCH] libertas: Don't mark exported symbols as static

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 16:28:24 -0800

On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:07:26 -0800
Roland Dreier <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Marking exported symbols as static causes the following build error on
> ia64 with gcc 4.2.3:
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c:1375: error: __ksymtab_lbs_remove_mesh causes a section type conflict
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c:1354: error: __ksymtab_lbs_add_mesh causes a section type conflict
> 
> Therefore, remove the static marking on lbs_remove_mesh and lbs_add_mesh.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <[email-masked]>
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> index 84fb49c..a688ce8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> @@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ static ssize_t lbs_anycast_set(struct device *dev,
>  
>  static int lbs_add_rtap(struct lbs_private *priv);
>  static void lbs_remove_rtap(struct lbs_private *priv);
> -static int lbs_add_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv);
> -static void lbs_remove_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv);
> +int lbs_add_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv);
> +void lbs_remove_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv);
>  
>  
>  /**
> @@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lbs_stop_card);
>   *  @param priv    A pointer to the struct lbs_private structure
>   *  @return 	   0 if successful, -X otherwise
>   */
> -static int lbs_add_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv)
> +int lbs_add_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv)
>  {
>  	struct net_device *mesh_dev = NULL;
>  	int ret = 0;
> @@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ done:
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lbs_add_mesh);
>  
>  
> -static void lbs_remove_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv)
> +void lbs_remove_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv)
>  {
>  	struct net_device *mesh_dev;
>  
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Why not pull the exports? they aren't used anywhere in the existing kernel.

-- 
Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>