Hi Everyone, When we enable kernel config CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y and compile DPDK 1.7 with 3.14.17 kernel + gcc 4.8.2, we got lots of warnings like these. Do we have plan to fix them? If so, please advise on which version. Thanks.
== Build lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni cut: /proc/version_signature: No such file or directory LD /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/built-in.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules WARNING: /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.o(.data+0x20): Section mismatch in reference from the variable igbuio_pci_driver to the function .text:igbuio_pci_probe() WARNING: /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.o(.data+0x28): Section mismatch in reference from the variable igbuio_pci_driver to the function .text:igbuio_pci_remove() WARNING: /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.o(.data+0x130): Section mismatch in reference from the variable dev_attr_max_vfs to the function .text:show_max_vfs() WARNING: /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.o(.data+0x138): Section mismatch in reference from the variable dev_attr_max_vfs to the function .text:store_max_vfs() CC /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.mod.o LD [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.ko INSTALL-MODULE igb_uio.ko LD /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/built-in.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ixgbe_main.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ixgbe_api.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ixgbe_common.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ixgbe_ethtool.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ixgbe_82599.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ixgbe_82598.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ixgbe_x540.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ixgbe_phy.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kcompat.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/e1000_82575.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/e1000_i210.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/e1000_api.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/e1000_mac.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/e1000_manage.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/e1000_mbx.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/e1000_nvm.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/e1000_phy.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/igb_ethtool.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/igb_hwmon.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/igb_main.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/igb_debugfs.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/igb_param.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/igb_procfs.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/igb_vmdq.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.o CC [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_ethtool.o LD [M] /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/rte_kni.o WARNING: /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/rte_kni.o(.data+0x20): Section mismatch in reference from the variable ixgbe_ethtool_ops to the function .text:ixgbe_get_settings() WARNING: /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/rte_kni.o(.data+0x28): Section mismatch in reference from the variable ixgbe_ethtool_ops to the function .text:ixgbe_set_settings() WARNING: /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/rte_kni.o(.data+0x30): Section mismatch in reference from the variable ixgbe_ethtool_ops to the function .text:ixgbe_get_drvinfo() WARNING: /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/rte_kni.o(.data+0x38): Section mismatch in reference from the variable ixgbe_ethtool_ops to the function .text:ixgbe_get_regs_len() WARNING: /git/Pktgen-DPDK/dpdk/build/build/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/rte_kni.o(.data+0x40): Section mismatch in reference from the variable ixgbe_ethtool_ops to the function .text:ixgbe_get_regs() Thanks, Michael
