On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 23:12:03 +0200 Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 02:32:14PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > >
> > > Sam, I am now seeing this error (not a WARNING like the previous ones
> > > were):
> > >
> > > drivers/net/typhoon.c:137: error: version causes a section type conflict
> > >
> > > but I don't see a real problem in the driver source file.
> > > Ideas, anyone?
> >
> > This happens for typhoon (above) as well as:
> >
> > drivers/net/natsemi.c:241: error: version causes a section type conflict
>
> I have taken a look at natsemi.c.
> Following patch fixes the error:
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/natsemi.c b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
> index 7826afb..a36a15e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/natsemi.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
> @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ enum pcistuff {
> static const struct {
> const char *name;
> unsigned long flags;
> -} natsemi_pci_info[] __devinitdata = {
> +} natsemi_pci_info[] /*__devinitdata*/ = {
> { "NatSemi DP8381[56]", PCI_IOTYPE },
> };
>
> The reason why gcc barfs over it seems to be conflicting sections
> between the function natsemi_probe1() where natsemi_pci_info[] is used
> and the section of natsemi_pci_info.
> But putting them in same section did not help.
>
> I'm a bit puzzeled what is going on. Randy - any insight in this?
How weird. I can't reproduce this at all now. Tried several times.
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~Randy
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