linux-kernel - Re: ppc modprost warnings in 2.6.22-rc1

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Date:	Tue, 15 May 2007 22:45:40 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
Cc:	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ppc modprost warnings in 2.6.22-rc1

On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 05:20:20PM +0300, Meelis Roos wrote:
> Trying to compile 2.6.22-rc1 for ppc (prep) arch. While section 
> mismatches are an old thing, what are these COMMON symbols?
> 
>   MODPOST vmlinux
> WARNING: "fee_restarts" [arch/ppc/kernel/built-in] is COMMON symbol
> WARNING: "ee_restarts" [arch/ppc/kernel/built-in] is COMMON symbol

Symbols that modpst see belongs to SHN_COMMON.
Should we drop that warning?

> WARNING: arch/ppc/platforms/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:Powerplus_Map_Non0 from .data between 'mot_info' (at offset 0x18) and 'Mesquite_pci_IRQ_map'
.....

mot_info is only used by functions marked __init.
So why not mark it __init so it get discarded and we get rid of all those warnings?

	Sam
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