2.5 kbuild: use of '-z muldefs' for LD?

[Jaroslav Kysela]

Hello all,

	I am trying to figure the best solution for our problem. We reuse
one object file for more targets. Example:

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snd-ice1712-objs := ice1712.o delta.o hoontech.o ews.o ak4xxx.o
snd-ice1724-objs := ice1724.o amp.o revo.o aureon.o ak4xxx.o

# Toplevel Module Dependency
obj-$(CONFIG_SND_ICE1712) += snd-ice1712.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SND_ICE1724) += snd-ice1724.o
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The ak4xxx.o module is shared and has defined a few public functions.
Unfortunately, the default build-in.o rule fails when targets are 
requested to be included into the solid kernel because the public 
functions are duplicated in snd-ice1712.o and snd-ice17124.o.

I can instruct the ld compiler to ignore the multiple definitions using 
'-z muldefs':

EXTRA_LDFLAGS = -z muldefs

But it seems like a hack for me.
Does anybody have another idea to solve my problem?

						Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <[e-mail]>
Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer
ALSA Project, SuSE Labs