Hello everyboby.
I have compiled 2.6.17-rc5 on an smp system and I get this
warning message during compilation (2.6.16.18 is fine):
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OBJCOPY arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin
GZIP arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.gz
LD arch/i386/boot/compressed/piggy.o
LD arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux
OBJCOPY arch/i386/boot/vmlinux.bin
HOSTCC arch/i386/boot/tools/build
BUILD arch/i386/boot/bzImage
Root device is (8, 1)
Boot sector 512 bytes.
Setup is 4602 bytes.
System is 1337 kB
Kernel: arch/i386/boot/bzImage is ready (#1)
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
WARNING: drivers/block/floppy.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:
from .smp_locks after '' (at offset 0x60)
WARNING: drivers/block/floppy.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:
from .smp_locks after '' (at offset 0x64)
WARNING: drivers/block/floppy.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:
from .smp_locks after '' (at offset 0x68)
CC crypto/blowfish.mod.o
LD [M] crypto/blowfish.ko
CC crypto/crc32c.mod.o
LD [M] crypto/crc32c.ko
CC crypto/serpent.mod.o
LD [M] crypto/serpent.ko
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