[PATCH] neofb.c

[PATCH] neofb.c

[Thomas 'Dent' Mirlacher]

gcc 3.1 seems to be unhappy:
neofb.c:2321: initialized causes a section type conflict

the simple patch for this would be:
===== neofb.c 1.8 vs edited =====
--- 1.8/drivers/video/neofb.c   Thu May  2 00:56:02 2002
+++ edited/neofb.c      Sat May 25 18:50:14 2002
@@ -2318,10 +2318,10 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init initialized = 0;
-
 int __init neofb_init(void)
 {
+  static int initialized = 0;
+
   DBG("neofb_init");
 
   if (disabled)


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in some way i do, and in some way i don't.

Re: [PATCH] neofb.c

[Andrey Panin]

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On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 02:02:16PM +0200, Thomas 'Dent' Mirlacher wrote:
> gcc 3.1 seems to be unhappy:
> neofb.c:2321: initialized causes a section type conflict
> 
> the simple patch for this would be:
> ===== neofb.c 1.8 vs edited =====
> --- 1.8/drivers/video/neofb.c   Thu May  2 00:56:02 2002
> +++ edited/neofb.c      Sat May 25 18:50:14 2002
> @@ -2318,10 +2318,10 @@
>    return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static int __init initialized = 0;
> -
>  int __init neofb_init(void)
>  {
> +  static int initialized = 0;
> +
>    DBG("neofb_init");
>  
>    if (disabled)

correct solution is to change __init to __initdata.

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