[PATCH] ARM: nomadik: move nmk_gpio_probe to .devinit.text

Rabin Vincent rabin.vincent at stericsson.com
Thu Sep 2 10:55:27 EDT 2010


Hi Uwe,

2010/9/2 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>:
> This fixes a section mismatch reported by modpost:
>
>        WARNING: arch/arm/plat-nomadik/built-in.o(.data+0x100): Section mismatch in reference from the variable nmk_gpio_driver to the function .init.text:nmk_gpio_probe()
>        The variable nmk_gpio_driver references
>        the function __init nmk_gpio_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,
>
> According to Rabin VINCENT the alternative to use platform_driver_probe
> won't work because the "platform devices are not yet registered when
> nmk_gpio_init() is called."
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>

Acked-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin.vincent at stericsson.com>

Thanks,
Rabin



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