Re: [PATCH] fix modpost warnings for xtensa

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 11:37:56AM -0700, Chris Zankel wrote:
> 	[PATCH] fix modpost warnings for xtensa
> 
> 	The Xtensa architecture places literal pools in sections separate 
> 	from the instructions. The corresponsing text sections, therefore, 
> 	reference the .literal section, and we have to suppress those
> 	warnings. The naming convention defines the name for a literal 
> 	section as .SECTION.literal, unless .SECTION is .text. In that case
> 	the name is only .literal. Using strncmp() instead of strcmp() 
> 	to compare the from-section with .SECTION.init.refok in pattern 0
> 	should not cause any regressions for other architectures.
> 	We also need to suppress warnings for two informational 
> 	sections (.xt.lit and .xt.prop) used by the Xtensa architecture.
> 
> 	Signed-off-by: Chris Zankel <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Chris,
I hand applied your patch and have pushed the following patch to kbuild.git.
I simplified it a bit and decided to break the 80 char limit..

	Sam