From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [BUILD FAILURE] 2.6.24-git7 section type conflict at various drivers on powerpc
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:04:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080130170417.GA24386@uranus.ravnborg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47A0A3AF.5050005@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:49:59PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Following are the different build failure with 2.6.24-git7 kernel on the powerpc
>
> drivers/net/typhoon.c:181: error: typhoon_card_info causes a section type conflict
> make[2]: *** [drivers/net/typhoon.o] Error 1
>
> drivers/net/natsemi.c:259: error: natsemi_pci_info causes a section type conflict
> make[2]: *** [drivers/net/natsemi.o] Error 1
>
> drivers/net/bnx2.c:95: error: board_info causes a section type conflict
> make[2]: *** [drivers/net/bnx2.o] Error 1
>
> drivers/net/via-velocity.c:454: error: velocity_id_table causes a section type conflict
> make[2]: *** [drivers/net/via-velocity.o] Error 1
A quick look told me that they are all caused by const data
annotated with __devinitdata.
Try replacing all annotations of const variables
from __devinitdata to __devinitconst.
Sam
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2008-01-30 16:19 [BUILD FAILURE] 2.6.24-git7 section type conflict at various drivers on powerpc Kamalesh Babulal
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