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SubjectRe: [PATCH] move orion_nand's probe function to .devinit.text
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:

> A pointer to orion_nand_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.

For those kind of platform devices I'd prefer the alternative.


Nicolas
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