Re: [IDE] Fix build bug

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 04:13:05PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

> 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.

Yes.

  Ralf