[PATCH 1/2] ARM: zynq: cpuidle: Remove useless compatibility string

Sören Brinkmann soren.brinkmann at xilinx.com
Fri Sep 27 12:40:28 EDT 2013


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 06:36:14PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On 09/27/2013 05:58 PM, Sören Brinkmann wrote:
> >On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:51:43AM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> >>On 09/27/2013 10:35 AM, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> >>>On 09/27/2013 10:19 AM, Michal Simek wrote:
> >>>>On 09/27/2013 10:17 AM, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> >>>>>All zynq platforms have this compatibility string and there is no any other
> >>>>>clone.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano at linaro.org>
> >>>
> >>>The patchset is only compile-tested (I don't have the hardware).
> >>>
> >>>Michal or someone else, if you have the time can you give it a try ?
> >>>
> >>
> >>Soren: Can you please retest it on hw?
> >Hmm, I'm not subscribed to LAKML (only LKML), but well found the series on
> >patchworks.
> >
> >The series introduces new build warnings:
> >WARNING: drivers/cpuidle/built-in.o(.data+0x28c): Section mismatch in reference from the variable zynq_cpuidle_driver to the function .init.text:zynq_cpuidle_probe()
> >The variable zynq_cpuidle_driver references
> >the function __init zynq_cpuidle_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
> >
> >   CC      kernel/trace/trace.o
> >   LD      drivers/built-in.o
> >WARNING: drivers/built-in.o(.data+0x13870): Section mismatch in reference from the variable zynq_cpuidle_driver to the function .init.text:zynq_cpuidle_probe()
> >The variable zynq_cpuidle_driver references
> >the function __init zynq_cpuidle_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
> >
> >   LD      kernel/trace/built-in.o
> >   LD      kernel/built-in.o
> >   LINK    vmlinux
> >   LD      vmlinux.o
> >   MODPOST vmlinux.o
> >WARNING: vmlinux.o(.data+0x2e0b0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable zynq_cpuidle_driver to the function .init.text:zynq_cpuidle_probe()
> >The variable zynq_cpuidle_driver references
> >the function __init zynq_cpuidle_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
> 
> Oops, right, I missed the section mismatch. Thanks for pointing this out.
> 
> >Other than that it looks good. I assume there is just some __init
> >annotation missing somewhere. Feel free to add my 'Tested-by'.
> 
> Cool ! Thanks Soren for testing.
> 
> I will take the patchn with the init section fixed, in my tree if
> you are ok with that.
Sounds good to me.

	Sören





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