[PATCH] powerpc/iseries: remove compiler version dependent hack

2009-10-06 Thread Stephen Rothwell
The creation of the flattened device tree depended on the compiler putting the constant strings for an object in a section with a particular name. This was changed with recent compilers. Do this explicitly instead. Without this patch, iseries kernels may silently not boot when built with some

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/iseries: remove compiler version dependent hack

2009-10-06 Thread Stephen Rothwell
Hi Ben, On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:28:47 +1100 Stephen Rothwell s...@canb.auug.org.au wrote: The creation of the flattened device tree depended on the compiler putting the constant strings for an object in a section with a particular name. This was changed with recent compilers. Do this