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Message-ID: <20071025141313.GA23536@linux-mips.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:13:13 +0100
From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [IDE] Fix build bug
On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 04:13:05PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 02:53:34PM +0100, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> > CC drivers/ide/pci/generic.o
> > drivers/ide/pci/generic.c:52: error: __setup_str_ide_generic_all_on causes a
> > +section type conflict
> >
> > This sort of build error is becoming a regular issue. Either all or non
> > of the elements that go into a particular section of a compilation unit
> > need to be const. Or an error may result such as in this case if
> > CONFIG_HOTPLUG is unset.
> So we can avoid this if we invent a __constinitdata tag that uses
> a new section?
> I ask mainly to understand this error - not that I am that found
> of the idea.
Yes.
Ralf
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