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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] move sh_flctl's probe function to .devinit.text
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    On Sat, 2009-07-11 at 13:52 -0700, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
    > A pointer to flctl_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.
    >
    > An alternative to this patch is using platform_driver_probe instead of
    > platform_driver_register plus removing the pointer to the probe function
    > from the struct platform_driver.

    ... which is what you did for orion_nand, so let's do that for sh_flctl
    too.

    http://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6.git/commitdiff/894572a3635

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