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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] [Blackfin try #2] char driver for Blackfin on-chip OTP memory
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:
> > > > also, it isnt "broken" in the sense that it "doesnt work" ;)
> > >
> > > Gcc simply doesn't allow that, you likely got 2 sections with init.data, with
> > > and without readonly bit set, which is wrong, and it seems, that on some systems
> > > (debian) you won't even compile it.
> >
> > gcc-4.1.2/binutils-2.17 doesnt have a problem compiling/linking the
> > code in question. and i imagine i would have noticed a build/link
> > failure long before testing it on actual hardware.
>
> target arch dependent. Try with 64 bit powerpc.

this code appears in drivers that are for Blackfin-specific pieces of
hardware. it may fail to build on
some-random-arch-that-isnt-Blackfin, but if it works for Blackfin,
what do the other arches realistically matter ?

yes, the code will get changed as suggested as it is the right thing
to do, it just isnt a real problem today.
-mike


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