[alsa-devel] ALSA 1.0.17rc1 release

[Alan Horstmann]

On Friday 13 June 2008 11:16, I wrote:
> Build problem with released 1.0.17rc1 driver package on kernel 2.4.21-99
> (Suse9.0):
>
> Compiling all modules:
>
> ld  -r -o snd-ens1370.o ens1370.o ak4531_codec.o
> ak4531_codec.o(.modinfo+0x40): multiple definition of `__module_author'
> ens1370.o(.modinfo+0x40): first defined here
> ld: Warning: size of symbol `__module_author' changed from 79 in ens1370.o
> to 40 in ak4531_codec.o
> ak4531_codec.o(.modinfo+0x80): multiple definition of
> `__module_description' ens1370.o(.modinfo+0xa0): first defined here
> ld: Warning: size of symbol `__module_description' changed from 36 in
> ens1370.o to 48 in ak4531_codec.o
> make[1]: *** [snd-ens1370.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/alsa1.0.17rc1/alsa-driver-1.0.17rc1/
> pci'
> make: *** [compile] Error 1
>
> Compiling my usual au8820,ice1712,ymfpci:
>
> make[2]: Entering directory
> `/usr/share/alsa1.0.17rc1/alsa-driver-1.0.17rc1/ pci/ac97'
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `ak4531_codec.c', needed by
> `ac97_codec.o'.  Stop.
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/alsa1.0.17rc1/alsa-driver-1.0.17rc1/
> pci/ac97'
> make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_ac97] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/alsa1.0.17rc1/alsa-driver-1.0.17rc1/
> pci'
> make: *** [compile] Error 1

The second can be fixed with the following patch, but I don't know if it's 
correct (ie there was a typo) or just works in this case but breaks 
elsewhere.

--- pci/ac97/Makefile-orig	2008-06-06 09:54:06.000000000 +0100
+++ pci/ac97/Makefile	2008-06-13 11:47:02.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 include $(SND_TOPDIR)/Makefile.conf

 clean-files := ac97_codec.c
-export-objs  := ac97_codec.o ac97_pcm.o ak4531_codec.o
+export-objs  := ac97_codec.o ac97_pcm.o

 include $(SND_TOPDIR)/alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/Makefile

Alan