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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 25/58] move macsonic's probe function to .devinit.text
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    2009/3/28 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>:
    > A pointer to mac_sonic_probe is passed to the core via
    > platform_driver_register and so the function must not disappear when the
    > .init sections are discarded.  Otherwise (if also having HOTPLUG=y)
    > unbinding and binding a device to the driver via sysfs will result in an
    > oops as does a device being registered late.
    >
    > An alternative to this patch is using platform_driver_probe instead of
    > platform_driver_register plus removing the pointer to the probe function
    > from the struct platform_driver.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
    > Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
    > Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    > Cc: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
    > Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
    > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    > ---
    >  drivers/net/macsonic.c |    2 +-
    >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
    >
    > diff --git a/drivers/net/macsonic.c b/drivers/net/macsonic.c
    > index 527166e..d4f913b 100644
    > --- a/drivers/net/macsonic.c
    > +++ b/drivers/net/macsonic.c
    > @@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static int __init mac_nubus_sonic_probe(struct net_device *dev)
    >        return macsonic_init(dev);
    >  }
    >
    > -static int __init mac_sonic_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
    > +static int __devinit mac_sonic_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
    >  {
    >        struct net_device *dev;
    >        struct sonic_local *lp;

    mac_{onboard,nubus}_sonic_probe() (called by mac_sonic_probe()) have the
    same problem.

    Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

    Geert

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