Re: [PATCH 2/2 -tip] drm/i915: intel_lvds.c fix section mismatch warning

From: Jarod Wilson
Date: Thu May 28 2009 - 11:09:44 EST


On Wednesday 20 May 2009 02:27:35 Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
>
> intel_no_lvds[] does not require __initdata as it is used only by :
>
> void intel_lvds_init(struct drm_device *dev)
>
> fixes section mismatch warning:
>
> WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.o(.text+0xf3c5): Section mismatch in reference from the function intel_lvds_init() to the variable .init.data:intel_no_lvds
> The function intel_lvds_init() references
> the variable __initdata intel_no_lvds.
> This is often because intel_lvds_init lacks a __initdata

This would seem to suggest __initdata should be added to
intel_lvds_init, rather than removed from intel_no_lvds...

But I suppose either one would work. Apologies for not
catching the initial mismatch... :\

> Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
> index 439a865..5ffadf9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
> @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static int __init intel_no_lvds_dmi_callback(const struct dmi_system_id *id)
> }
>
> /* These systems claim to have LVDS, but really don't */
> -static const struct dmi_system_id __initdata intel_no_lvds[] = {
> +static const struct dmi_system_id intel_no_lvds[] = {
> {
> .callback = intel_no_lvds_dmi_callback,
> .ident = "Apple Mac Mini (Core series)",


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