Re: 2.6.23-rc1-mm1

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On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 17:07 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > > WARNING: Absolute relocations present
> > > Offset     Info     Type     Sym.Value Sym.Name
> > > c0202e73 00703601   R_386_32 c03071bc  _sdata
> > > 
> > > $ grep c03071bc System.map
> > > c03071bc R __tracedata_end
> > > c03071bc A _sdata
> > 
> > 
> > Guessing is this patch ?
> > 
> >
> gregkh-driver-warn-when-statically-allocated-kobjects-are-used.patch:
> __tracedata_end = .;
> >
> gregkh-driver-warn-when-statically-allocated-kobjects-are-used.patch:+
> _sdata = .;                     /* End of text section */
> 
> This patch is a horrible hack to try to see if kobjects are static and
> not dynamically created.
> 
> Dave, any ideas what is happening here? 

I've seen those warnings for other random stuff, but I have no idea what
they mean. :(

Is there a preferred way to access symbol addresses?

-- Dave

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