On 12/27/10 23:06, Michael J. Barillier wrote: > I'm trying to compile a hardened kernel (linux-2.6.36-hardened-r6) and > the build is generating thousands (literally) of section mismatch > warnings. I've copied my old .config (2.6.31, non-hardened) to the root > of the source tree and did a `make oldconfig' followed by `make > CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'. WTF's up with this? > > FWIW, I'm working on rebuilding my box and the make is within a > chroot'ed environment - working through the system build process to a > temporary directory tree with the intent of booting from a CD and > replacing the existing filesystem with the new version. > > FWIW#2: Google'd `linux section mismatch' and didn't get any hits that > would point to a reason for the mismatches or a solution for resolving > them. >
Just ignore them. They might indicate kernel bugs (like compiler warnings), but even if they did, there's nothing you could do about them. Setting CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y just gives you more info that you don't need.
