linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] move macsonic's probe function to .devinit.text

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Message-Id: <20090721.122058.23378599.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:20:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fthain@...egraphics.com.au
Cc:	u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...hat.com,
	geert@...ux-m68k.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] move macsonic's probe function to .devinit.text

From: Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:14:36 +1000 (EST)

> 
> 
> On Sat, 11 Jul 2009, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote:
> 
>> A pointer to mac_sonic_probe is passed to the core via
>> platform_driver_register and so the function must not disappear when
>> the .init sections are discarded.  Otherwise (if also having
>> HOTPLUG=y) unbinding and binding a device to the driver via sysfs will
>> result in an oops as does a device being registered late.
> 
> This patch works for me (tested on a Quadra 630). I still get an oops
> on rmmod, but that's a separate issue. I'll send a patch for that.

Applied, but Uwe _please_ post networking patches to
netdev@...r.kernel.org so that they get properly logged
and tracked at:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/

Thank you.
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