Kumar Gala wrote: > > On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:31 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote: > >> Kumar Gala wrote: >>> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x2aa): Section mismatch in reference from >>> the variable __secondary_start to the function >>> .devinit.text:start_secondary() >>> The function __secondary_start() references >>> the function __devinit start_secondary(). >>> >>> start_secondary gets called by __secondary_start which is in asm >>> code so its >>> not marked as __devinit. Its easier to just remove the __devinit >>> from >>> start_secondary than try and deal with __secondary_start. >> >> Which just gets another mismatch warning here: >> >> WARNING: arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x23cc4): Section >> mismatch in reference from the function .start_secondary() to the >> function .devinit.text:.smp_store_cpu_info() >> The function .start_secondary() references >> the function __devinit .smp_store_cpu_info(). >> This is often because .start_secondary lacks a __devinit >> annotation or the annotation of .smp_store_cpu_info is wrong. >> >> Isn't there a better way to address this? It doesn't seem right to >> increase the kernel's memory usage to get rid of a modpost warning. > > Fair.. what defconfig did you build?
Try ppc64_defconfig with HOTPLUG_CPU=n. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
