Re: [PATCH] Fix vmi time header bug

Zachary Amsden
2007-03-13T06:21:39Z

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Really truly? I think we have a _lot_ of declarations which omit the section
> qualifier altogether. How come they don't all break too?
>

According to the report I have. Perhaps a bogus section qualifier does
more damage than an omitted one. I'll get gcc / linker version, but
this could be a combination of user error, a strange toolchain, and
perhaps a real bug somewhere.

> (ARM (at least) in fact does require the section tagging on the declaration as
> well as the definition, but we've thus far only fixed that in a couple of places
> which were causing breakage).
>

Yes, I was surprised by this as well, and I'm still skeptical about this
being the real cause. Still, this reportedly fixed the problem, and is
certainly not a bad thing.

Zach