Bug 6992

Summary: WARNING: drivers/acpi/processor.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data: from .text between 'acpi_processor_power_init' (at offset 0x13e2) and 'acpi_processor_power_exit'
Product: ACPI Reporter: Alper Belgen (mypenguins)
Component: Power-ProcessorAssignee: Len Brown (lenb)
Status: CLOSED CODE_FIX    
Severity: normal CC: bunk, clmason
Priority: P2    
Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
Kernel Version: 2.6.17.8 Subsystem:
Regression: --- Bisected commit-id:
Attachments: Fix ACPI processor warnings

Description Alper Belgen 2006-08-11 14:40:28 UTC 
Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur:
Distribution: Slackware Linux 10.2 (32-Bit)
Hardware Environment: AMD Athlon 64, 512MB Kingston DDR400, A8N-SLI Mainboard
Software Environment: KDE 3.5.3
Problem Description: WARNING: drivers/acpi/processor.o - Section mismatch: 
reference to .init.data: from .text between 'acpi_processor_power_init' (at 
offset 0x13e2) and 'acpi_processor_power_exit'. I can't use Cool'n'Quiet.

Steps to reproduce:
Comment 1 russell bell 2006-09-25 19:31:35 UTC 
Hey!  This happens to me in 2.6.18 too, but didn't in 2.6.17.10.
I can't see how to put myself on the watch list.
Comment 2 Paweł Szczekutowicz 2006-10-01 06:28:55 UTC 
Created attachment 9139 [details]
Fix ACPI processor warnings

Hello. Pleas check this patch. I founded it
on:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/688250?search_string=Fix%20ACPI%20processor%20warnings;#688250

Created by Felipe Contreras
Comment 3 Zhang Rui 2006-12-13 17:33:36 UTC 
Hi, Len
I think this bug is already fixed and can be closed.:)