Dear Sir, We are getting the following error "section type conflict" with xtensa gcc when a const and non const global variable is placed in the same section?
I am using a bare metal cross gcc toolchain for Xtensa architecture built as per instructions in http://wiki.linux-xtensa.org/index.php/Crosstool-NG. We are using a custom Xtensa processor in our firmware. For example consider the code below __attribute__((section(".dram0.data"))) int x; __attribute__((section(".dram0.data"))) const int y = 10; main() { } This throws up an error during compilation test3.c:2:51: error: y causes a section type conflict with x __attribute__((section(".dram0.data"))) const int y = 10; ^ test3.c:1:45: note: ‘x’ was declared here __attribute__((section(".dram0.data"))) int x; Removing the const attribute for y will remove this error. We built our firmware by removing const attributes.Firmware built using xcc works fine but the same code built using gcc works partly Thanks and Regards Hari
