Hi Andrew, The 2.6.24-mm1 kernel build fails at many places with section type conflict build error.
drivers/net/typhoon.c:181: error: typhoon_card_info causes a section type conflict make[2]: *** [drivers/net/typhoon.o] Error 1 drivers/net/natsemi.c:245: error: natsemi_pci_info causes a section type conflict make[2]: *** [drivers/net/natsemi.o] Error 1 drivers/net/bnx2.c:95: error: board_info causes a section type conflict make[2]: *** [drivers/net/bnx2.o] Error 1 drivers/net/bnx2x.c:112: error: board_info causes a section type conflict make[2]: *** [drivers/net/bnx2x.o] Error 1 drivers/net/bnx2x.c:112: error: board_info causes a section type conflict make[2]: *** [drivers/net/bnx2x.o] Error 1 drivers/net/via-velocity.c:453: error: velocity_id_table causes a section type conflict make[2]: *** [drivers/net/via-velocity.o] Error 1 drivers/net/starfire.c:350: error: netdrv_tbl causes a section type conflict make[2]: *** [drivers/net/starfire.o] Error 1 I have tested the patch for build test only Signed-off-by: Kamalesh Babulal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- --- linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/typhoon.c 2008-01-25 04:28:37.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/~typhoon.c 2008-02-04 16:21:55.000000000 +0530 @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ enum typhoon_cards { }; /* directly indexed by enum typhoon_cards, above */ -static const struct typhoon_card_info typhoon_card_info[] __devinitdata = { +static const struct typhoon_card_info typhoon_card_info[] __devinitconst = { { "3Com Typhoon (3C990-TX)", TYPHOON_CRYPTO_NONE}, { "3Com Typhoon (3CR990-TX-95)", --- linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/natsemi.c 2008-02-04 14:57:00.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/~natsemi.c 2008-02-04 16:36:22.000000000 +0530 @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static const struct { const char *name; unsigned long flags; unsigned int eeprom_size; -} natsemi_pci_info[] __devinitdata = { +} natsemi_pci_info[] __devinitconst = { { "Aculab E1/T1 PMXc cPCI carrier card", NATSEMI_FLAG_IGNORE_PHY, 128 }, { "NatSemi DP8381[56]", 0, 24 }, }; --- linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/bnx2.c 2008-02-04 14:56:59.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/~bnx2.c 2008-02-04 16:44:02.000000000 +0530 @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ typedef enum { /* indexed by board_t, above */ static const struct { char *name; -} board_info[] __devinitdata = { +} board_info[] __devinitconst = { { "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706 1000Base-T" }, { "HP NC370T Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter" }, { "HP NC370i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter" }, --- linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/bnx2.c 2008-02-04 16:44:47.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/~bnx2.c 2008-02-04 16:47:08.000000000 +0530 @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static const struct { { "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-SX" }, }; -static struct pci_device_id bnx2_pci_tbl[] = { +static struct pci_device_id bnx2_pci_tbl[] __devinitconst = { { PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_NX2_5706, PCI_VENDOR_ID_HP, 0x3101, 0, 0, NC370T }, { PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_NX2_5706, --- linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/bnx2x.c 2008-02-04 14:57:00.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/~bnx2x.c 2008-02-04 18:01:14.000000000 +0530 @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ enum bnx2x_board_type { /* indexed by board_t, above */ static const struct { char *name; -} board_info[] __devinitdata = { +} board_info[] __devinitconst = { { "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM57710 XGb" } }; --- linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/starfire.c 2008-01-25 04:28:37.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/~starfire.c 2008-02-04 18:08:08.000000000 +0530 @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, starfire_pci_tb static const struct chip_info { const char *name; int drv_flags; -} netdrv_tbl[] __devinitdata = { +} netdrv_tbl[] __devinitconst = { { "Adaptec Starfire 6915", CanHaveMII }, }; --- linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/via-velocity.c 2008-02-04 14:57:00.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.24/drivers/net/~via-velocity.c 2008-02-04 18:04:21.000000000 +0530 @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static const struct velocity_info_tbl ch * device driver. Used for hotplug autoloading. */ -static const struct pci_device_id velocity_id_table[] __devinitdata = { +static const struct pci_device_id velocity_id_table[] __devinitconst = { { PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_612X) }, { } }; -- Thanks & Regards, Kamalesh Babulal, Linux Technology Center, IBM, ISTL. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/