Re: [PATCH] misc/cs5535: Fix section mismatch derived fromcs5535_mfgpt_drv variable

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Jan 03 2011 - 14:44:54 EST


On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 03:51:28 +0100
Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >From my build.log:
>
> WARNING: drivers/misc/cs5535-mfgpt.o(.data+0x0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable cs5535_mfgpt_drv to the function .devinit.text:cs5535_mfgpt_probe()
> The variable cs5535_mfgpt_drv references
> the function __devinit cs5535_mfgpt_probe()
> If the reference is valid then annotate the
> variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
> *driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console,

Confused. cs5535_mfgpt_probe() _does_ have a name of the form
"*_probe", so why did it warn?


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