linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm: fix section mismatch warnings

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Message-ID: <20070528183858.GB30821@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Mon, 28 May 2007 20:38:58 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: fix section mismatch warnings

> >  
> > -static int __init neponset_init(void)
> > +static int __devinit neponset_init(void)
> >  {
> >  	platform_driver_register(&neponset_device_driver);
> >  
> 
> How can this hunk be correct?  neponset_init() is only called from
> subsys_initcall() - it's not something we want to keep at init time.
> I'm afraid I suspect faulty section analysis.
As covered in other mail - it is not.
The __devinit stuff should all be redone by a knowledgeable person.

	Sam
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