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Date:	Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:49:57 +0100
From:	Fabio Porcedda <fabio.porcedda@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/19] watchdog: at91sam9: at91_wdt_dt_ids cannot be __init

Hi Arnd,

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> The device IDs are referenced by the driver and potentially
> used beyond the init time, as kbuild correctly warns
> about. Remove the __initconst annotation.
>
> Without this patch, building at91_dt_defconfig results in:
>
> WARNING: drivers/watchdog/built-in.o(.data+0x28): Section mismatch in reference from the variable at91wdt_driver to the (unknown reference) .init.rodata:(unknown)
> The variable at91wdt_driver references
> the (unknown reference) __initconst (unknown)

Thanks for fixing my commit.

Best regards

> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
> Cc: linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
> Cc: Fabio Porcedda <fabio.porcedda@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c
> index dc42e44..6dad954 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c
> @@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static int __exit at91wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  }
>
>  #if defined(CONFIG_OF)
> -static const struct of_device_id at91_wdt_dt_ids[] __initconst = {
> +static const struct of_device_id at91_wdt_dt_ids[] = {
>         { .compatible = "atmel,at91sam9260-wdt" },
>         { /* sentinel */ }
>  };
> --
> 1.8.0
>

--
Fabio Porcedda
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