linux-kernel - Re: Section msimatch warnings

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Message-Id: <20101025.162724.71111412.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:27:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jchapman@...alix.com
Subject: Re: Section msimatch warnings

From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:04:27 +1100

> This is actually different - it is generated by the compiler.  I am not
> sure why we only get them on PowerPC.

I think it has to do with how function descriptors work on powerpc.

Code references to static (local) things work different from how
global scope references work.
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