linux-kernel - Re: section miss-matches in older 3.8.3 kernel, and one question

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Message-Id: <201312261417.08678.gheskett@wdtv.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Dec 2013 14:17:08 -0500
From:	Gene Heskett <gheskett@...v.com>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: section miss-matches in older 3.8.3 kernel, and one question

On Thursday 26 December 2013, Gene Heskett wrote:
>Greetings;
>
>In my attempts to find a 64 bit or PAE enabled kernel to run on my older
>ASUS M2N-SLI Delux mobo, I saw a note go by during the build that there
>were 9 section-miss-matches.
>
>But when I applied the cli option recommended to the make lines in my
>makeit script, I only got these 2 squawks.
>
>WARNING: drivers/net/ethernet/amd/depca.o(.text+0xcce): Section mismatch
>in reference from the function depca_isa_probe() to the function
>.init.text:DepcaSignature()
>The function depca_isa_probe() references
>the function __init DepcaSignature().
>This is often because depca_isa_probe lacks a __init
>annotation or the annotation of DepcaSignature is wrong.
>
>WARNING: drivers/net/ethernet/amd/depca.o(.text+0xd22): Section mismatch
>in reference from the function depca_isa_probe() to the function
>.init.text:depca_hw_init()
>The function depca_isa_probe() references
>the function __init depca_hw_init().
>This is often because depca_isa_probe lacks a __init
>annotation or the annotation of depca_hw_init is wrong.
>
>I am not capable to fixing these, too many years & miles on the wet ram,
>but I thought that maybe someone might be interested.
>
>Also, these kernels seem to want to drop me to an initramfs$ prompt,
>where, since both kayboard and mouse are wireless usb, there is no
>connection, so I have to hit the reset button & try a known good kernel.
>
Never mind the following question, the 3.8.3 I was working on just booted, 
seems to be running nicely.

Thanks & Happy Holidays to all.

>Has the use of mkinitramfs been deprecated? and if so, replace by what?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Cheers, Gene


Cheers, Gene
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