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Message-ID: <20080118161452.GJ2559@hacking>
Date:	Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:14:52 +0800
From:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: build #343 issue for v2.6.24-rc8-29-g03bbe08 : Section
	mismatch: reference to .init.text.1:start_kernel (between 'is386'
	and 'check_x87')

On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 02:22:42PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 08:51:44PM +0800, WANG Cong wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 01:46:27PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>> >On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 08:29:17PM +0800, WANG Cong wrote:
>> >> On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 01:18:27PM +0100, Toralf Förster wrote:
>> >> >Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> >the build with the attached .config was successful however I got during make :
>> >> >  AS      .tmp_kallsyms2.o
>> >> >  LD      vmlinux.o
>> >> >  MODPOST vmlinux.o
>> >> >WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text.head+0x247): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text.1:start_kernel (between 'is386' and 'check_x87')
>> >> >  CHK     include/linux/version.h
>> >> >  HOSTCC  scripts/unifdef
>> >> >  MKDIR   include
>> >> >
>> >> >Does it help / make sense to report such warning ?
>> >> >
>> >> >The build was made with :
>> >> >$> make mrproper && make rndconfig && <tweak config file> && make oldconfig && make
>> >> >
>> >> >Here's the config:
>> >> 
>> >> Thanks. You have reported this. ;)
>> >> 
>> >> I can't solve this problem. Let's Cc Rusty and Sam to see
>> >> if they can solve this.
>> >
>> >modpost gets confused by the section named ".init.text.1" - the additional '.1'
>> >is unexpected.
>> >
>> >Following untested patch should fix it.
>> >
>> 
>> Still has the same problem. ;(
>Could you please doublecheck that you applied the patch and modpost is rebuilt.
>If you continue to see the problem could you send me the config (off-list) and
>I will fix it.

Sure thing.

I got something like this:

  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/modpost.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/mod/modpost

So modpost was rebuilt. And I am quite sure I had applied your patch.

My .config is just the one provided by Toralf. If you need me to send
you again, please tell me.

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