netdev - Re: [PATCH] depca: Fix section mismatch derived from depca_isa

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikZh4qZgDjJPbX=iSKKfU+mcNE87nd4vO_p1euV@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 3 Jan 2011 22:23:03 +0100
From:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...glemail.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] depca: Fix section mismatch derived from depca_isa_driver variable

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 8:53 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...glemail.com>
> Date: Mon,  3 Jan 2011 03:33:07 +0100
>
>>>>From my build.log:
>>
>> WARNING: drivers/net/depca.o(.data+0x0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable depca_isa_driver to the function .init.text:depca_isa_probe()
>> The variable depca_isa_driver references
>> the function __init depca_isa_probe()
>> If the reference is valid then annotate the
>> variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
>> *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console,
>>
>> This patch fixes the warning.
>>
>> Tested with linux-next (next-20101231)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
>
> Again, mark depca_isa_probe() as __devinit to fix this bug.
>

Thanks for the pointer, I have sent a new fixed version.

- Sedat -
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