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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: Moses McKnight <m_mcknight@surfbest.net>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: 2.4.4-ac6 compile error in plip.c
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 14:53:09 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2514.989556789@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 May 2001 08:46:43 EST." <3AFA9BC3.1060207@surfbest.net>

On Thu, 10 May 2001 08:46:43 -0500, 
Moses McKnight <m_mcknight@surfbest.net> wrote:
>Hi, I get the following error trying to compile 2.4.4-ac6 using gcc 
>2.95.4 (debian package).
>
>plip.c:1412: __setup_str_plip_setup causes a section type conflict

The first __initdata is marked as const, the second is not, a section
cannot contain both const and non-const data.  Against 2.4.4-ac6.

Index: 4.16/drivers/net/plip.c
--- 4.16/drivers/net/plip.c Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:38:49 +1000 kaos (linux-2.4/l/c/23_plip.c 1.2.1.3 644)
+++ 4.16(w)/drivers/net/plip.c Fri, 11 May 2001 14:50:39 +1000 kaos (linux-2.4/l/c/23_plip.c 1.2.1.3 644)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/parport.h>
 
-static const char version[] __initdata =
+static char version[] __initdata =
 	KERN_INFO "NET3 PLIP version 2.4-parport gniibe@mri.co.jp\n";
 
 /* Maximum number of devices to support. */


  reply	other threads:[~2001-05-11  4:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-10 13:46 2.4.4-ac6 compile error in plip.c Moses McKnight
2001-05-11  4:53 ` Keith Owens [this message]
2001-05-11  8:03   ` Ingo Oeser

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