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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 22/58] move jazzsonic's probe function to .devinit.text
    On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 12:26:43AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:

    > A pointer to jazz_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: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
    > Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
    > Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    > Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
    > Cc: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
    > Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
    > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

    Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>

    Ralf
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