Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 20 May 2001 22:11:41 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: const __init |
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On Sun, 20 May 2001, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Since a while include/linux/init.h contains the line > > > > * Also note, that this data cannot be "const". > > > > Why is this? Because const data will be put in a different section? > > Causes a "section type conflict" build error, at least on x86.
On m68k I only saw section type conflict errors when using __init while it should have been __initdata.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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