Odd build warning with 2.6.17.6

Odd build warning with 2.6.17.6

[Mika Bostrom]

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  Good day.

  I got the following, rather odd warning when building 2.6.17.6:

  MODPOST
WARNING: drivers/acpi/processor.o - Section mismatch: reference to
.init.data: from .text between 'acpi_processor_power_init' (at offset
0xe80) and 'acpi_safe_halt'

  No idea whether it affects anything for real, just thought it worth a
mention. My .config is attached.

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Re: Odd build warning with 2.6.17.6

[Jarek Poplawski]

Mika Bostrom <bostik+lkml <at> bostik.iki.fi> writes:

> 
>   Good day.
> 
>   I got the following, rather odd warning when building 2.6.17.6:
> 
>   MODPOST
> WARNING: drivers/acpi/processor.o - Section mismatch: reference to
> .init.data: from .text between 'acpi_processor_power_init' (at offset
> 0xe80) and 'acpi_safe_halt'
> 
>   No idea whether it affects anything for real, just thought it worth a
> mention. My .config is attached.
> 

Hi,

I think they had to begin sometime earlier in 2.6.17 - I've plenty of them with
every (re)make on ver. 2.6.17.4, but because it is workink I stopped to look at
them. I'm very surprised nobody answered you, as if it was something uncommon.
If I could remember well, they are not present when full kernel is built - only
when some drivers are changed and rebuild. I'll try to look at it again later.

Jarek P.

Re: Odd build warning with 2.6.17.6

[Jarek Poplawski]

Jarek Poplawski <jarkap <at> poczta.onet.pl> writes:
...
> them. I'm very surprised nobody answered you, as if it was something uncommon.
...

Only just I see many of them in google, so it's all right - they are common and
probably not dangerous - if nobody hurry to remove them!

Jarek P.