2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/staging/Makefile b/drivers/staging/Makefile
index 93decb89b1d8..7c466e94fd93 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Makefile for staging directory
 
+# fix for build system bug...
+obj-$(CONFIG_STAGING)           += staging.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_ET131X)            += et131x/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SLICOSS)           += slicoss/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SXG)               += sxg/
diff --git a/drivers/staging/staging.c b/drivers/staging/staging.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..233e589c0932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/staging.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+static int __init staging_init(void)
+{
+        return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit staging_exit(void)
+{
+}
+
+module_init(staging_init);
+module_exit(staging_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Greg Kroah-Hartman");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Staging Core");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");