On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:11:42 +0200 (MEST) Mikael Pettersson wrote:

> While compiling 2.6.17-rc6 for a 486 with an NE2000 ISA ethernet card, I got:
>
> WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:isapnp_clone_list from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x158) and 'ne_block_input'
> WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:isapnp_clone_list from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x176) and 'ne_block_input'
> WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:isapnp_clone_list from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x183) and 'ne_block_input'
> WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:isapnp_clone_list from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x1ea) and 'ne_block_input'
> WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:isapnp_clone_list from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x251) and 'ne_block_input'
> WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x266) and 'ne_block_input'
> WARNING: drivers/net/ne.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x29b) and 'ne_block_input'
>
> Not sure how serious this is; the driver seems to work fine later on.

Doesn't look serious.  init_module() is not __init, but it calls
some __init functions and touches some __initdata.

BTW, I would be happy to see some consistent results from modpost
section checking.  I don't see all of these warnings (I see only 1)
when using gcc 3.3.6.  What gcc version are you using?
Does that matter?  (not directed at anyone in particular)

Patch below fixes it for me.  Please test/report.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>