linux-kernel - Re: [git patches] net driver fixes

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:05:00 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git patches] net driver fixes

On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 11:47:11PM +0100, Francois Romieu wrote:
> Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> :
> [...]
> > > -static struct pci_device_id sis190_pci_tbl[] __devinitdata = {
> > > +static struct pci_device_id sis190_pci_tbl[] = {
> > >  	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_SI, 0x0190), 0, 0, 0 },
> > >  	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_SI, 0x0191), 0, 0, 1 },
> > >  	{ 0, },
> > 
> > The __devinitdata is OK, it is the following _devinitdata that had
> > to be _devinitconst.
> 
> Strangely enough, removing the devinitdata from the sis190_pci_tbl
> silents the error message here. Do you have an explanation ?
gcc compalins if you add const and non-const data to the same section
which is the case in this driver.

The bug are exposed now where __devinitdata are no longer an empty define.

	Sam
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