[PATCH] wdt: sunxi: Fix section mismatch

Guenter Roeck linux at roeck-us.net
Fri Oct 11 22:47:37 EDT 2013


On 10/11/2013 12:15 PM, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> Hi Wim,
>
> On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 04:20:17PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
>> This driver has a section mismatch, for probe and remove functions,
>> leading to the following warning during the compilation.
>>
>> WARNING: drivers/watchdog/built-in.o(.data+0x24): Section mismatch in
>> reference from the variable sunxi_wdt_driver to the function
>> .init.text:sunxi_wdt_probe()
>> The variable sunxi_wdt_driver references
>> the function __init sunxi_wdt_probe()
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>
>
> It would be great if it could go in 3.12.
>

Hi Maxime,

Just wondering - is this a nuisance or does it cause a real problem ?

> Do you want to take it, or can I merge it through my tree, with your
> Acked-by?
>

In addition to this patch, the following two would also be good to have in 3.12.
	http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-watchdog/msg02867.html
	http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-watchdog/msg02950.html

Thanks,
Guenter




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