Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Mar 2002 21:25:35 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] devexit fixes in i82092.c |
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Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Anders Gustafsson wrote: > >>this patch fixes "undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded >>section .text.exit'" linking error. >> > >Looking more at this, I actually think that the _real_ fix is to call all >drivers exit functions at kernel shutdown, and not discard the exit >section when linking into the tree. > >That, together with the device tree, automatically gives us the >_correct_ shutdown sequence, soemthing we don't have right now. > >Anybody willing to look into this, and get rid of that __devexit_p() >thing? >
(thinking vaguely long-term)
I wonder if mochel already code for this, or has thought about this... Just like suspend, IMO we ideally should use the device tree to shutdown the system, agreed?
Further, I wonder if the reboot/shutdown notifiers can be replaced with device tree control over those events...
Jeff
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