linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vesafb: use platform_driver_probe() instead of platform_driver

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Date:	Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:18:40 +0100
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vesafb: use platform_driver_probe() instead of
	platform_driver_register()

Hello Jan,

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 04:48:33PM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Commit c2e13037e6794bd0d9de3f9ecabf5615f15c160b introduced a huge
> amount of section mismatch warnings in vesafb code. Rather than
> converting all of the annotations, do the obvious and revert the
> __init -> __devinit change, and use the recommended (in that patch)
> alternative to calling platform_driver_register(): vesafb depends on
> information obtained from by kernel at boot time, cannot be a module,
> and no post-boot devices can ever show up.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Looks good, Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>

Thanks
Uwe

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