linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] video, sm501: add edid and commandline support

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Date:	Mon, 2 May 2011 23:43:57 -0600
From:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	hs@...x.de
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree-discuss@...abs.org,
	Ben Dooks <ben@...tec.co.uk>,
	Vincent Sanders <vince@...tec.co.uk>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Wolfgang Denk <wd@...x.de>, Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] video, sm501: add edid and commandline support

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Heiko Schocher <hs@...x.de> wrote:
> Hello Grant,
>
> Grant Likely wrote:
>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 09:27:29AM +0100, Heiko Schocher wrote:
>>>> - add commandline options:
>>>>   sm501fb.mode:
>>>>     Specify resolution as "<xres>x<yres>[-<bpp>][@<refresh>]"
>>>>   sm501fb.bpp:
>>>>     Specify bit-per-pixel if not specified mode
>>>>
>>>> - Add support for encoding display mode information
>>>>   in the device tree using verbatim EDID block.
>>>>
>>>>   If the "edid" entry in the "smi,sm501" node is present,
>>>>   the driver will build mode database using EDID data
>>>>   and allow setting the display modes from this database.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher <hs@...x.de>
>>> Merged, thanks.
>>
>> This patch causes the following build warning:
>
> Hups ... when I posted the patch, it compiled clean ...
>
>>   MODPOST vmlinux.o
>> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x1d5572): Section mismatch in reference from
>> the function sm501fb_init_fb() to the variable
>> .devinit.data:sm501_default_mode
>> The function sm501fb_init_fb() references
>> the variable __devinitdata sm501_default_mode.
>> This is often because sm501fb_init_fb lacks a __devinitdata
>> annotation or the annotation of sm501_default_mode is wrong.
>>
>> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x1d557a): Section mismatch in reference from
>> the function sm501fb_init_fb() to the variable
>> .devinit.data:sm501_default_mode
>> The function sm501fb_init_fb() references
>> the variable __devinitdata sm501_default_mode.
>> This is often because sm501fb_init_fb lacks a __devinitdata
>> annotation or the annotation of sm501_default_mode is wrong.
>>
>> I've dropped the __devinitdata declaration in what I committed; can
>> you investigate and post a fixup patch?
>
> Of course, I look ASAP at it, thanks!
> (Dummy question: where can I find your tree?)

git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6 powerpc/next

g.

>
> bye,
> Heiko
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>



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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
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