Section mismatch warning

[Kumar Gala]

On Aug 22, 2007, at 9:30 PM, sivaji wrote:

>
> Hi,
>         When compiling the 2.6.23-rc3 kernel,  i got following warning
> messages.
>
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x18): Section mismatch: reference to
> .init.text:early_init (between '__start' and '__after_mmu_off')
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x3834): Section mismatch: reference to
> .init.text:machine_init (between 'start_here' and 'set_context')
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x383c): Section mismatch: reference to
> .init.text:MMU_init (between 'start_here' and 'set_context')
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x3866): Section mismatch: reference to
> .init.text:start_kernel (between 'start_here' and 'set_context')
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x386a): Section mismatch: reference to
> .init.text:start_kernel (between 'start_here' and 'set_context')
>
> Processor            : 8641D
> Give some idea how to overcome this warning.

There is a patch posted on the list for this.  I doubt will fix these  
for 2.6.23 as they are just warnings.

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/linuxppc/patch?id=13066

- k