The patch titled fbdev: vesafb: fix section mismatches has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fbdev-section-cleanup-in-vesafb.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: fbdev: vesafb: fix section mismatches From: Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fix section mismatches in the vesafb driver. WARNING: drivers/video/built-in.o(.devinit.text+0x19495): Section mismatch in reference from the function vesafb_probe() to the variable .init.data:vesafb_fix The function __devinit vesafb_probe() references a variable __initdata vesafb_fix. If vesafb_fix is only used by vesafb_probe then annotate vesafb_fix with a matching annotation. WARNING: drivers/video/built-in.o(.devinit.text+0x194a5): Section mismatch in reference from the function vesafb_probe() to the (unknown reference) .init.data:(unknown) The function __devinit vesafb_probe() references a (unknown reference) __initdata (unknown). If (unknown) is only used by vesafb_probe then annotate (unknown) with a matching annotation. WARNING: drivers/video/built-in.o(.devinit.text+0x194d5): Section mismatch in reference from the function vesafb_probe() to the variable .init.data:vesafb_defined The function __devinit vesafb_probe() references a variable __initdata vesafb_defined. If vesafb_defined is only used by vesafb_probe then annotate vesafb_defined with a matching annotation. ... fbdev: section cleanup in vesafb This patch cleans up the sections in the vesafb driver. WARNING: drivers/video/built-in.o(.devinit.text+0x19495): Section mismatch in reference from the function vesafb_probe() to the variable .init.data:vesafb_fix The function __devinit vesafb_probe() references a variable __initdata vesafb_fix. If vesafb_fix is only used by vesafb_probe then annotate vesafb_fix with a matching annotation. WARNING: drivers/video/built-in.o(.devinit.text+0x194a5): Section mismatch in reference from the function vesafb_probe() to the (unknown reference) .init.data:(unknown) The function __devinit vesafb_probe() references a (unknown reference) __initdata (unknown). If (unknown) is only used by vesafb_probe then annotate (unknown) with a matching annotation. WARNING: drivers/video/built-in.o(.devinit.text+0x194d5): Section mismatch in reference from the function vesafb_probe() to the variable .init.data:vesafb_defined The function __devinit vesafb_probe() references a variable __initdata vesafb_defined. If vesafb_defined is only used by vesafb_probe then annotate vesafb_defined with a matching annotation. ... Signed-off-by: Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Jones <pjones@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnaud Patard <arnaud.patard@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/vesafb.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/video/vesafb.c~fbdev-section-cleanup-in-vesafb drivers/video/vesafb.c --- a/drivers/video/vesafb.c~fbdev-section-cleanup-in-vesafb +++ a/drivers/video/vesafb.c @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */ -static struct fb_var_screeninfo vesafb_defined __initdata = { +static struct fb_var_screeninfo vesafb_defined __devinitdata = { .activate = FB_ACTIVATE_NOW, .height = -1, .width = -1, @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static struct fb_var_screeninfo vesafb_d .vmode = FB_VMODE_NONINTERLACED, }; -static struct fb_fix_screeninfo vesafb_fix __initdata = { +static struct fb_fix_screeninfo vesafb_fix __devinitdata = { .id = "VESA VGA", .type = FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS, .accel = FB_ACCEL_NONE, @@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ static struct fb_fix_screeninfo vesafb_f static int inverse __read_mostly; static int mtrr __read_mostly; /* disable mtrr */ -static int vram_remap __initdata; /* Set amount of memory to be used */ -static int vram_total __initdata; /* Set total amount of memory */ +static int vram_remap __devinitdata; /* Set amount of memory to be used */ +static int vram_total __devinitdata; /* Set total amount of memory */ static int pmi_setpal __read_mostly = 1; /* pmi for palette changes ??? */ static int ypan __read_mostly; /* 0..nothing, 1..ypan, 2..ywrap */ static void (*pmi_start)(void) __read_mostly; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from henne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch fbdev-section-cleanup-in-arcfb.patch fbdev-section-cleanup-in-efifb.patch fbdev-section-cleanup-in-hgafb.patch fbdev-section-cleanup-in-vesafb.patch fbdev-section-cleanup-in-vfb.patch fbdev-section-cleanup-in-vga16fb.patch fbdev-section-cleanup-in-w100fb.patch auxdisplay-section-cleanup-in-cfag12864bfb-driver.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html