__INIT directive just before kernel_entry was dropped for most (i.e. BOOT_RAW=n) platforms by merge accident (perhaps). This patch fixes it and get rid of this warning: WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x478): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:start_kernel (between '_stext' and 'run_init_process') Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/head.S b/arch/mips/kernel/head.S index f78538e..c15bbc4 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/head.S +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/head.S @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ EXPORT(stext) # used for profiling EXPORT(_stext) -#ifdef CONFIG_BOOT_RAW +#ifndef CONFIG_BOOT_RAW /* * Give us a fighting chance of running if execution beings at the * kernel load address. This is needed because this platform does