Re: [PATCH] move macsonic's probe function to .devinit.text

[David Miller]

From: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:14:36 +1000 (EST)

> 
> 
> On Sat, 11 Jul 2009, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote:
> 
>> A pointer to mac_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.
> 
> This patch works for me (tested on a Quadra 630). I still get an oops
> on rmmod, but that's a separate issue. I'll send a patch for that.

Applied, but Uwe _please_ post networking patches to
netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that they get properly logged
and tracked at:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/

Thank you.
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