On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 04:10:51PM +1000, Ian Wienand wrote:
> arch/ia64/kernel/gate-data.S:1: Warning: setting incorrect section
> attributes for .data.gate

I figured out why (sorry if it's obvious); gas matches anything with
prefix '.data.' as a data special section and flags it as 'SHF_ALLOC +
SHF_WRITE' as per ELF [*].  Issuing 

.section .data.gate, "ax"

thus conflicts as it's assumed to be an extension of a .data section.

Should this even be in data at all, considering it's code?  What about
something along the lines of the attached patch which puts it in it's
own section?

-i
ianw@gelato.unsw.edu.au
http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au

[*] For those who don't know, the exact rules about what sections and
how prefixes get matched are in bfd/elf-bfd.h(struct
bfd_elf_special_section) and bfd/elf.c in binutils.