While we're trying to get things cleaned up for the final 2.1.XX release,
here's an item that has been around since <???>. With CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
defined, the following warnings appear numerous times while compiling the
kernel (firewall.c is one of *many* instances):
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modversions.h:40,
from /usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/module.h:19,
from firewall.c:10:
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/vfatfs_syms.ver:1: warning: `__ver_vfat_create' redefined
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/namei.ver:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/vfatfs_syms.ver:3: warning: `__ver_vfat_unlink' redefined
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/namei.ver:3: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/vfatfs_syms.ver:7: warning: `__ver_vfat_mkdir' redefined
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/namei.ver:5: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/vfatfs_syms.ver:9: warning: `__ver_vfat_rmdir' redefined
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/namei.ver:7: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/vfatfs_syms.ver:11: warning: `__ver_vfat_rename' redefined
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/namei.ver:9: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/vfatfs_syms.ver:13: warning: `__ver_vfat_put_super' redefined
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/namei.ver:11: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/vfatfs_syms.ver:15: warning: `__ver_vfat_read_super' redefined
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/namei.ver:13: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/vfatfs_syms.ver:17: warning: `__ver_vfat_read_inode' redefined
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/namei.ver:15: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/vfatfs_syms.ver:19: warning: `__ver_vfat_lookup' redefined
/usr/src/linux-2.1/include/linux/modules/namei.ver:17: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
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