Re: 2.5.56: Two global symbols "io"

[Jan Yenya Kasprzak]

Adrian Bunk wrote:
: I got the following compile error in 2.5.56:
: 
[...]
: sound/built-in.o(.data+0x7b30): multiple definition of `io'
: drivers/built-in.o(.data+0x738a0):
: ...
: ld: Warning: size of symbol `io' changed from 68 to 4 in sound/built-in.o
: ...
: make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
[...]
: The offending files are:
:   sound/oss/awe_wave.c
:   drivers/net/wan/cosa.c

	Just change it to "static". This has been reported before
by Arnd Bergmann from the Kernel Janitors Project. However: cosa.c
can be built as a module only. Linus, please apply this.

From:  Arnd Bergmann <[e-mail]>
--- trivial-2.5-bk/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c.orig	2003-01-06 14:08:20.000000000 +1100
+++ trivial-2.5-bk/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c	2003-01-06 14:08:20.000000000 +1100
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@
 /* NOTE: DMA is not autoprobed!!! */
 static int dma[MAX_CARDS+1] = { 1, 7, 1, 7, 1, 7, 1, 7, 0, };
 #else
-int io[MAX_CARDS+1]  = { 0, };
-int dma[MAX_CARDS+1] = { 0, };
+static int io[MAX_CARDS+1];
+static int dma[MAX_CARDS+1];
 #endif
 /* IRQ can be safely autoprobed */
 static int irq[MAX_CARDS+1] = { -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 0, };

-Yenya

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