Re: [Patch] UML: Fix another build error

From: Jeff Dike
Date: Mon Apr 14 2008 - 11:44:21 EST


On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 11:39:14PM +0800, WANG Cong wrote:
>
> This patch fixes the following build error.
>
> CC arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.o
> /home/wangcong/projects/linux-2.6/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c:337: error: redefinition of âmconsole_register_devâ
> /home/wangcong/projects/linux-2.6/arch/um/include/mconsole_kern.h:47: error: previous definition of âmconsole_register_devâ was here
> make[2]: *** [arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.ko] Error 2
> make: *** [sub-make] Error 2

This one is fishy. For one thing, it looks like you reproduce this
with !CONFIG_MCONSOLE, but I just successfully built a
!CONFIG_MCONSOLE UML.

Second, the arch/um/drivers/Makefile looks to me (and the build log
confirms) that mconsole_kern.c isn't compiled with !CONFIG_MCONSOLE.

Third, you should ask yourself if there might be a deeper problem that
needs fixing if you find yourself putting #ifdef CONFIG_FOO in files
which implement FOO.

Jeff

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