problem compiling 2.4.8 with emu10k1

[Peter Oliver]

I'm unable to compile kernel 2.4.8 with emu10k1 sound support enabled as a
module. My compiler is egcs-2.91.66, and my binutils is 2.9.1.0.23. I get
the following errors at the 'make modules' stage:

ld -m elf_i386  -r -o emu10k1.o audio.o cardmi.o cardmo.o cardwi.o
cardwo.o ecard.o efxmgr.o emuadxmg.o hwaccess.o irqmgr.o joystick.o main.o
midi.o mixer.o passthrough.o recmgr.o timer.o voicemgr.o
main.o(.modinfo+0x40): multiple definition of `__module_author'
joystick.o(.modinfo+0x80): first defined here
ld: Warning: size of symbol `__module_author' changed from 67 to 81 in
main.o
main.o(.modinfo+0xa0): multiple definition of `__module_description'
joystick.o(.modinfo+0xe0): first defined here
ld: Warning: size of symbol `__module_description' changed from 83 to 96
in main.o
main.o: In function `init_module':
main.o(.text+0x1a70): multiple definition of `init_module'
joystick.o(.text+0x2d0): first defined here
main.o: In function `cleanup_module':
main.o(.text+0x1ab0): multiple definition of `cleanup_module'
joystick.o(.text+0x310): first defined here
make[3]: *** [emu10k1.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/mavit/linux/drivers/sound/emu10k1'
make[2]: *** [_modsubdir_emu10k1] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mavit/linux/drivers/sound'
make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_sound] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mavit/linux/drivers'
make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2

If I choose to build emu10k1 not as a module, my kernel compiles, boots,
and uses sound fine.

I could build 2.4.6's emu10k1 support as a module without problems.

Incidentally, I downloaded a source snapshot from
http://opensource.creative.com/ a couple of weeks ago, and was able to
build that into a module without difficulty.

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-- 
Peter Oliver