What is "redeclared as different kind of symbol"?

[Eugene Teo <eugene.teo@eugeneteo.net>]

I get this error message when I try to do this:

int (*ip_rcv)(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *, \
	struct packet_type*) = \
	(int (*)(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *, \
	struct packet_type *))0x801c1990;
 
But my program works when I use this:

long (*o_mkdir)(const char *, int) = \
	(long (*)(const char *, int))0x8026d960;

The declaration for ip_rcv is correct as defined in net/ip.h:

int ip_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, \
	struct packet_type *pt)

Any idea why?

Eugene
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