Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759797AbXJYOLp (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:11:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756646AbXJYOLg (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:11:36 -0400 Received: from pasmtpa.tele.dk ([80.160.77.114]:38170 "EHLO pasmtpA.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756447AbXJYOLg (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:11:36 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:13:05 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Ralf Baechle Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [IDE] Fix build bug Message-ID: <20071025141305.GA11698@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20071025135334.GA23272@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071025135334.GA23272@linux-mips.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 860 Lines: 20 On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 02:53:34PM +0100, Ralf Baechle wrote: > CC drivers/ide/pci/generic.o > drivers/ide/pci/generic.c:52: error: __setup_str_ide_generic_all_on causes a > +section type conflict > > This sort of build error is becoming a regular issue. Either all or non > of the elements that go into a particular section of a compilation unit > need to be const. Or an error may result such as in this case if > CONFIG_HOTPLUG is unset. So we can avoid this if we invent a __constinitdata tag that uses a new section? I ask mainly to understand this error - not that I am that found of the idea. Sam - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/