On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 01:45:47PM +1000, Ian Wienand wrote:
> 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.
> 

Here is a patch for gas. Gas should set the right section attributes
no matter what.


H.J.