Messages in this thread | | | From | Milton Miller <> | Subject | Re: The longest build error ever, ever, ever seen :) (Re:linux-next: Tree for November 26) | Date | Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:55:14 -0600 |
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On Sat Nov 27 2010 around 13:13:03 EST, Valdis Kletnieks wrote: > On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 08:45:55 PST, Greg KH said: > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 09:56:45AM +0100, Zimny Lech wrote: > > > Ave! > > > > > > 2010/11/26 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > OMG, LOL, this one is awesome :) The longest build error ever, ever, > > > ever seen! Fscking awesome, someone gets Guiness World Record :) > > > > > > LD drivers/staging/built-in.o > > > drivers/staging/rtl8192e/built-in.o: In function `rtl8192_setBBreg': > > > (.text+0xae00): multiple definition of `rtl8192_setBBreg' > > > drivers/staging/rtl8192u/built-in.o:(.text+0xa1a0): first defined here > > > > You built both of these drivers into the kernel, which causes the > > problem. Try building them as modules, or just one as a module, and > > that will solve the problem. > > We probably should create some Kconfig magic to prevent this situation? > > depends (othermodule != 'y') || (myself != 'y') > > or am I on the wrong track here? >
A simple
depends on !OTHERMODULE
allows either to be built-in or both to be modular.
It also documents what conflicts.
(see Menu dependencies in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt)
milton
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