Re: section mismatch with a platform driver

[Neshama Parhoti]

Hi Adrian and thank you for the help!

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:19:05AM +0200, Neshama Parhoti wrote:
>> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.data+0x44bc4): Section mismatch: reference to
>> .init.text:my_probe_func (between 'my_platform_struct' and
>> 'debug_level_variable')
>>
>> If I understand correctly, it shouts about my probe function being
>> referenced from the data section:
>>
>> static struct platform_driver my_platform_struct = {
>>       .probe          = my_probe_func,
>>       .remove         = my_remove,
>>       .suspend        = my_suspend,
>>       .resume         = my_resume,
>>       .driver         = {
>>               .name = DRIVER_NAME,
>>       },
>> };
>>
> It complains about "my_probe_func", and that's not even in the code
> you posted.

It happens even if I use an empty function like this:

static int __init my_probe_func(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
	return 0;
}


any idea what's the problem ?

thanks again!
pnesh
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