linux-kernel - Re: x86/non-x86: percpu, node ids, apic ids x86.git fixup

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:47:38 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux/PPC Development <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>
Subject: Re: x86/non-x86: percpu, node ids, apic ids x86.git fixup

On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 11:33:29AM -0800, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > I'm having trouble replicating this error.  With the latest linux-2.6.git
> > plus the patch I just sent, I get the following errors:
> >
> > drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c:45: error: __param_proto causes a section type conflict
> > drivers/md/md.c:5881: error: __param_start_ro causes a section type conflict
> 
> Weird.  psmouse-base.c builds ok for me.  Perhaps there is a compiler
> version difference?  I'm running a rather old 3.4.6 that came with
> my RHEL 4.5 release.
>...

It depends on the compiler version.

And you were in the Cc of Ivan's patch that fixes it... [1]

> -Tony

cu
Adrian

[1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/27/29

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