Re: [PATCH] depca: Fix section mismatch derived fromdepca_isa_driver variable

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Jan 03 2011 - 14:53:11 EST


From: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxx>

Again, mark depca_isa_probe() as __devinit to fix this bug.
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