Re: [PATCH 02/17] pinctrl: mark const init data with __initconstinstead of __initdata

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Tue Apr 03 2012 - 16:28:50 EST


2012/3/29 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> As long as there is no other non-const variable marked __initdata in the
> same compilation unit it doesn't hurt. If there were one however
> compilation would fail with
>
>        error: $variablename causes a section type conflict
>
> because a section containing const variables is marked read only and so
> cannot contain non-const variables.

Thanks. applied, U300 compiles fine so I trust you on this
advice!

Linus Walleij
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