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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 17:26:29 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] const initdata.
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Ah.. I misread the first posting.

Then we are down to zero .h and 43 .c files that are affected.
(a total of 121 lines containing 'const' before '__initdata')

Can these be fixed without testing (ie. through a script).
If so, I'm willing to post a patch.

Regards
Anders Fugmann





Alan Cox wrote:
>>How "bad" is it to have __initdata declared static?
>>
> 
> static is fine as it just changes name scoping, const however can try and
> put data in other places such as code segments. That breaks stuff when
> compiling with certain gcc versions
> 
>