On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:24 AM,  <Major_Lee@wistron.com> wrote:
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> Fix the following section mismatch warnings.

Actually no, this patch does not fix the warnings, it hides them by
undoing the annotation.

Take a closer look at the warning message:

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>
> WARNING: drivers/built-in.o(.data+0xfa10): Section mismatch in reference
> from the variable intel_mid_dma_pci to the function
> .devinit.text:intel_mid_dma_probe()
> The variable intel_mid_dma_pci references the function __devinit
> intel_mid_dma_probe() If the reference is valid then annotate the
> variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the
> variable:
> *driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one,
> *_console,

Let me highlight the relevant suggestion:

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> or name the variable:
> *driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one,
> *_console,

...nowhere does it say delete the __devinit annotation.

--
Dan
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