linux-kernel - Re: section mismatch with a platform driver

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Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:29:16 +0200
From:	"Neshama Parhoti" <pneshama@...il.com>
To:	"Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: section mismatch with a platform driver

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
> A probe function can be called at any time -- i.e., after system init
> has completed, so discarding the __init function my_probe_func() is BAD,
> dangerous, BUGgy.

Thanks for the explanation!

Does that mean that all drivers with __init in their probe functions are bogus ?

>
> ---
> ~Randy
>
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