On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 02:53:34PM +0100, Ralf Baechle wrote: > CC drivers/ide/pci/generic.o > drivers/ide/pci/generic.c:52: error: __setup_str_ide_generic_all_on causes a > +section type conflict > > This sort of build error is becoming a regular issue. Either all or non > of the elements that go into a particular section of a compilation unit > need to be const. Or an error may result such as in this case if > CONFIG_HOTPLUG is unset. So we can avoid this if we invent a __constinitdata tag that uses a new section? I ask mainly to understand this error - not that I am that found of the idea. Sam
