[PATCH 01/22] fb: amifb: Stop using platform_driver_probe()

[Helge Deller]

On 11/8/23 22:06, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 10:20 AM Uwe Kleine-König
> <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de> wrote:
>> On today's platforms the benefit of platform_driver_probe() isn't that
>> relevant any more. It allows to drop some code after booting (or module
>> loading) for .probe() and discard the .remove() function completely if
>> the driver is built-in. This typically saves a few 100k.
>
> Which is a lot on platforms with only a few MiBs of RAM...

True.
Given the warnings below, what is your suggestion?
Better to drop the amifb patch ?

Helge
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> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference:
> amifb_probe+0x15c (section: .text) -> ami_modedb (section: .init.data)
> ...