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Re: About the gcc Warning: setting incorrect section attributes for .note
"XU SHENG" <Sheng.Xu@alcatel-lucent.com> writes:
> int priv_dat __attribute__ ((section(".note"))) = MAGIC;
>
...
>
> It's clear to me that only section marked attribute with the
> startup of ".note" can be compiled to section with type SHT_NOTE in ELF
> file. Then only problem is assembler in gcc assumed ".note" section as
> "aw" (allocate/write) as default property, but actually, the .note
> section can be only marked with "a" (note section is readonly). If I
> modify the temporary .s export by gcc assembler by delete "w" property,
> the warning is disappeared.
Did you try making priv_dat const?
Adam