Re: section mismatch with a platform driver

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Mon Oct 13 2008 - 06:11:15 EST


On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:28:23AM +0200, Neshama Parhoti wrote:
> 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,
^^^^^

Ah, you had your example wrong and silently edited your quoted email.

> >> .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 ?

The function has a wrong name.

> thanks again!
> pnesh

cu
Adrian

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