Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:09:47 +0200 | From | Uwe Kleine-König <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] move orion_nand's probe function to .devinit.text |
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Hi Nicolas,
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 03:37:23PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > 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. Can I interpret that as your intend to implement and test it?
Best regards Uwe
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