From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sam Ravnborg Subject: Re: [IDE] Fix build bug Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:13:05 +0200 Message-ID: <20071025141305.GA11698@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20071025135334.GA23272@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: 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 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071025135334.GA23272@linux-mips.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Ralf Baechle Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org 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