diff -ur -x *.o -x *.flags /linux.vanilla/drivers/net/sis900.c /linux/drivers/net/sis900.c
--- /linux.vanilla/drivers/net/sis900.c	Mon Apr  2 15:45:26 2001
+++ /linux/drivers/net/sis900.c	Sun Apr  8 18:15:42 2001
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 #include "sis900.h"
 
-static const char *version =
+static const char *version __initdata =
 "sis900.c: v1.07.09  2/9/2001\n";
 
 static int max_interrupt_work = 20;
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
  *	Note that location is in word (16 bits) unit
  */
 
-static u16 read_eeprom(long ioaddr, int location)
+static u16 __devinit read_eeprom(long ioaddr, int location)
 {
 	int i;
 	u16 retval = 0;