The following .text.exit error is present in 2.4.1-pre6 (it seems to be 
in 2.5.66, too):

<--  snip  -->

...
drivers/char/char.o(.text+0x9a891): In function `sonypi_pm_callback':
: undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
drivers/char/char.o(.text+0x9a898): In function `sonypi_pm_callback':
: undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
...

<--  snip  -->


In drivers/char/sonypi.c the __devexit funcitions sonypi_type1_dis and 
sonypi_type2_dis are called from the non-__devexit function 
sonypi_pm_callback.


The following patch removes the __devexit from these two functions:


--- linux-2.4.21-pre6-full-nohotplug/drivers/char/sonypi.c.old	2003-03-27 22:07:23.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.4.21-pre6-full-nohotplug/drivers/char/sonypi.c	2003-03-27 22:09:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 }
 
 /* Disables the device - this comes from the AML code in the ACPI bios */
-static void __devexit sonypi_type1_dis(void) {
+static void sonypi_type1_dis(void) {
 	u32 v;
 
 	pci_read_config_dword(sonypi_device.dev, SONYPI_G10A, &v);
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 	outl(v, SONYPI_IRQ_PORT);
 }
 
-static void __devexit sonypi_type2_dis(void) {
+static void sonypi_type2_dis(void) {
 	if (ec_write(SONYPI_SHIB, 0))
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "ec_write failed\n");
 	if (ec_write(SONYPI_SLOB, 0))



I've tested the compilation with 2.4.21-pre6.


Please apply
Adrian

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