Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:41:43 +0200
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Linus <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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       Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
       James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org>,
       Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm>,
       Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev: work around old compiler bug
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On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 06:34:15PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:04:20 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
> >
> > When building with a 4.1.x compiler on powerpc64 (at least) we get
> > this error:
> 
> Ignore this, it causes more problems:
> 
> drivers/video/logo/logo_linux_clut224.c:548: error: logo_linux_clut224_clut causes a section type conflict
> 
> I'll work on a better solution.

I have no time to experiemnt atm.
But I have seen this before.
It happens when we mix up const and non-const stuff.

I would assume the simple solution is to replace _initconst with _initdata
for all users.
If you get it to work with powerpc then it works for everyone (or so it is usually).

	Sam
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