Re: [PATCH] i386: fix section mismatches for init code with!HOTPLUG_CPU

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Wed Aug 19 2009 - 02:28:50 EST


>>> Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx> 18.08.09 19:57 >>>
>On 18.08.09 16:41:33, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> Commit 0e83815be719d3391bf5ea24b7fe696c07dbd417 changed the section the
>> initial_code variable gets allocated in, in an attempt to address a
>> section conflict warning. This, however created a new section conflict
>> when building without HOTPLUG_CPU. The apparently only (reasonable) way
>> to address this is to always use __REFDATA.
>
>Hmm, not sure if I am missing something, but my patch actually
>shouldn't have changed the !HOTPLUG_CPU case:

Correct, but it also didn't take care of it, despite changing the code in
question.

Jan

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