netdev - Re: [BUILD FAILURE]2.6.24-git6 build failure on sis190 ethernet driver

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:43:03 +0100
From:	Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>
To:	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	romieu@...zoreil.com, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Subject: Re: [BUILD FAILURE]2.6.24-git6 build failure on sis190 ethernet driver

Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The 2.6.24-git6 kernel build fails on various x86_64 machines with the build failure
> 
> drivers/net/sis190.c:329: error: sis190_pci_tbl causes a section type conflict
> make[2]: *** [drivers/net/sis190.o] Error 1
> 
> # gcc --version (machine1)
> gcc (GCC) 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)
> 
> # gcc --version (machine2)
> gcc (GCC) 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)
> 

Heh :) vger.kernel.org does not like emails directly from gmail , it seems =)

( sorry for sending this 3 time now )

The following patch should fix the build failure.

diff --git a/drivers/net/sis190.c b/drivers/net/sis190.c
index b570402..e48e4ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sis190.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sis190.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static const struct {
 	{ "SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter" },
 };
 
-static struct pci_device_id sis190_pci_tbl[] __devinitdata = {
+static const struct pci_device_id sis190_pci_tbl[] __devinitdata = {
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_SI, 0x0190), 0, 0, 0 },
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_SI, 0x0191), 0, 0, 1 },
 	{ 0, },


Gabriel
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