Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm: omap: ehci: avoid compiler error with touchbook

Felipe Balbi
2010-03-04T07:45:17Z

On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 08:40:16AM +0100, Balbi Felipe (Nokia-D/Helsinki) wrote:
>From: Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@nokia.com>
>
>the early_param() call in board-omap3touchbook.c expands to:
>
>static const char __setup_str_early_touchbook_revision[]
> __section(.init.rodata) _aligned(1) = tbr;
>[...]
>
>and we have a non-const variable being added to the
>same section:
>
>static struct ehci_hcd_omap_platform_data ehci_pdata
>__section(.init.rodata);
>
>because of that, gcc generates a section type conflict
>which can (and actually should) be avoided by marking
>const every variable marked with __initconst.
>
>This patch fixes that for the ehci_hdc_omap_platform_data.
>
>Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@nokia.com>

missed one git add, sorry. Resending this one only.

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balbi