linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: fix section mismatch warnings in mtrr

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Date:	Mon, 21 May 2007 14:52:39 +0100
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
CC:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@...l.ru>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fix section mismatch warnings in mtrr

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> There was another patch that removed the __init marker to _fix_ section mismatch errors.
> I have lost the actual mail but I asked the submitter to send me a copy of
> the configuration so I could take a closer look.
> Obviously it was the wrong fix to remove the _init marker.

Hm, I think there were two overlapping patches to address the problem. 
One removed the __init markers, and was a bit of a hack.  Mine
restructured all the functions so that it was all done properly (ie,
init called init; cpuinit called cpuinit).  Looks like both got applied.

    J
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