Hi Javier, On 2016년 03월 18일 02:54, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > Most Maxim PMIC regulator drivers are for sub-devices of Multi-Function > Devices with drivers under drivers/mfd. But for many of these, the same > object file name was used for both the MFD and the regulator drivers. > > Having 2 different drivers with the same name causes a lot of confusion > to Kbuild, specially if these are built as module since only one module > will be installed and also exported symbols will be undefined due being > overwritten by the other module during modpost. > > For example, it fixes the following issue when both drivers are module: > > $ make M=drivers/regulator/ > ... > CC [M] drivers/regulator//max14577.o > Building modules, stage 2. > MODPOST 1 modules > WARNING: "maxim_charger_calc_reg_current" [drivers/regulator//max14577.ko] > undefined! > WARNING: "maxim_charger_currents" [drivers/regulator//max14577.ko] undefined! > > Reported-by: Chanwoo Choi <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Chanwoo Choi <[email protected]> Best Regards, Chanwoo Choi [snip]
