linux-kernel - Re: ehci post 3.0: new section mismatch of ehci_bios_handoff() to ehci_dmi_nohandoff

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Date:	Tue, 9 Aug 2011 16:43:26 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, Anisse Astier <anisse@...ier.eu>,
	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ehci post 3.0: new section mismatch of ehci_bios_handoff() to
 ehci_dmi_nohandoff_table

On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 05:01:20PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> commit 03c75362181b0b1d6a330e7cf8def10ba988dfbe "ehci: refactor pci quirk
> to use standard dmi_check_system method" added a new section mismatch.  A
> web search shows that there is already a fix for this from Arnaud.
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/996112/mbox/
> 
> Unless I am looking at a wrong git tree, the fix is not committed yet.
> 
> The section mismatch:
> 
> WARNING: drivers/built-in.o(.devinit.text+0x2e37): Section mismatch in
> reference from the function ehci_bios_handoff() to the
> variable .init.rodata:ehci_dmi_nohandoff_table
> The function __devinit ehci_bios_handoff() references
> a variable __initconst ehci_dmi_nohandoff_table.
> If ehci_dmi_nohandoff_table is only used by ehci_bios_handoff then
> annotate ehci_dmi_nohandoff_table with a matching annotation.

Same here on -rc1 :(.

Can someone please pick up the fix already? Greg?

Thanks.

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