Re: [PATCH v2 02/15] ARM: mark const init data with __initconst insteadof __initdata

From: Sekhar Nori
Date: Wed Apr 11 2012 - 07:35:43 EST


Hi Uwe,

On 3/31/2012 1:34 AM, Uwe Kleine-KÃnig wrote:
> 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-KÃnig <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

For the DaVinci parts,

Acked-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@xxxxxx>

Thanks,
Sekhar
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