Re: 2.6.16-rc1-mm4

[Gerd Hoffmann]

Keith Owens wrote:
> Chuck Ebbert (on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:44:20 -0500) wrote:
>> Error: ./arch/i386/kernel/alternative.o .smp_locks refers to 00000008 R_386_32          .init.text

> Looking at the patch, it builds tables that can refer to .init.text but
> then it excludes table entries that do not fall between _text and
> _etext.

Yep.  The same goes for modules where the patch also keeps track of the
.text section ranges to avoid accessing __init regions which might have
been released meanwhile.

cheers,

  Gerd

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