Re: [PATCH] depca: Fix section mismatch derived from depca_isa_driver variable

From: Sedat Dilek
Date: Mon Jan 03 2011 - 16:23:10 EST


On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 8:53 PM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, Â3 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@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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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