linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] misc/cs5535: Fix section mismatch derived from cs5535_mfgpt

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Message-Id: <20110103114310.8b06e73e.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 3 Jan 2011 11:43:10 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...glemail.com>
Cc:	dilinger@...ued.net, sameo@...ux.intel.com, tj@...nel.org,
	joe@...ches.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] misc/cs5535: Fix section mismatch derived from
 cs5535_mfgpt_drv variable

On Mon,  3 Jan 2011 03:51:28 +0100
Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...glemail.com> wrote:

> >From my build.log:
> 
> WARNING: drivers/misc/cs5535-mfgpt.o(.data+0x0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable cs5535_mfgpt_drv to the function .devinit.text:cs5535_mfgpt_probe()
> The variable cs5535_mfgpt_drv references
> the function __devinit cs5535_mfgpt_probe()
> If the reference is valid then annotate the
> variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
> *driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console,

Confused.  cs5535_mfgpt_probe() _does_ have a name of the form
"*_probe", so why did it warn?


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