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From: Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
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Subject: Re: const __init
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 22:16:11 +0200
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On Sunday 20 May 2001 21:51, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Since a while include/linux/init.h contains the line
>
>     * Also note, that this data cannot be "const".
>
> Why is this? Because const data will be put in a different section?

Yes, and gcc3 errors on these constructs,  cause it cannot decide if the data 
should be put into a .data or .rodata section.
Dunno if it's worth to create a __initconstdata/__initrodata though, but it 
would be easy implement I guess.

>     drivers/video/aty128fb.c

Fixed in bk 2_4.

Franz.