On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:59:10 -0500 David Dillow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 03:11 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > From: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > gcc-3.4.4 on powerpc:
> >
> > drivers/net/typhoon.c:137: error: version causes a section type conflict
> >
> > Cc: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > -static const char version[] __devinitdata =
> > +static char version[] __devinitdata =
> > "typhoon.c: version " DRV_MODULE_VERSION " (" DRV_MODULE_RELDATE ")\n";
>
> Wouldn't going to __devinitconst be better? I'll try to whip up a patch
> and test-compile it.
Sam told me that doesn't work right, that this approach is the one to use
and, iirc, that __devinitcont and friends will be removed.
I'm not sure why, actually. I think I missed that dicussion.
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