From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kamalesh Babulal Subject: Re: [BUILD FAILURE]2.6.24-git6 build failure on sis190 ethernet driver Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:33:43 +0530 Message-ID: <47A02F5F.4010205@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <479FF1F0.10907@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20080130053451.GA18641@uranus.ravnborg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: LKML , netdev@vger.kernel.org, romieu@fr.zoreil.com, Andy Whitcroft To: Sam Ravnborg Return-path: Received: from e28smtp03.in.ibm.com ([59.145.155.3]:52800 "EHLO e28esmtp03.in.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751730AbYA3IIw (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:08:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20080130053451.GA18641@uranus.ravnborg.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:11:36AM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The 2.6.24-git6 kernel build fails on various x86_64 machines with the build failure >> >> drivers/net/sis190.c:329: error: sis190_pci_tbl causes a section type conflict >> make[2]: *** [drivers/net/sis190.o] Error 1 >> >> # gcc --version (machine1) >> gcc (GCC) 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52) >> >> # gcc --version (machine2) >> gcc (GCC) 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1) > > Hi Kamalesh > > I know another patch is circulating, but please try the following. Hi Sam, Thanks, the patch fixes the build failure. Tested-by: Kamalesh Babulal > diff --git a/drivers/net/sis190.c b/drivers/net/sis190.c > index b570402..0a5e024 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/sis190.c > +++ b/drivers/net/sis190.c > @@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ static int __devinit sis190_get_mac_addr_from_eeprom(struct pci_dev *pdev, > static int __devinit sis190_get_mac_addr_from_apc(struct pci_dev *pdev, > struct net_device *dev) > { > - static const u16 __devinitdata ids[] = { 0x0965, 0x0966, 0x0968 }; > + static const u16 __devinitconst ids[] = { 0x0965, 0x0966, 0x0968 }; > struct sis190_private *tp = netdev_priv(dev); > struct pci_dev *isa_bridge; > u8 reg, tmp8; > > It is the better fix if you can confirm it working. > The section conflict issued by gcc happens because we try to > mix const and non-const data in the same section. > > Sam -- Thanks & Regards, Kamalesh Babulal, Linux Technology Center, IBM, ISTL.