drivers/firmware: const-ify DMI API and internals
Three main sets of changes:
1) dmi_get_system_info() return value should have been marked const,
since callers should not be changing that data.
2) const-ify DMI internals, since DMI firmware tables should,
whenever possible, be marked const to ensure we never ever write to
that data area.
3) const-ify DMI API, to enable marking tables const where possible
in low-level drivers.
And if we're really lucky, this might enable some additional
optimizations on the part of the compiler.
The bulk of the changes are #2 and #3, which are interrelated. #1 could
have been a separate patch, but it was so small compared to the others,
it was easier to roll it into this changeset.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
index 636c4f1..f143db4 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
* Cable special cases
*/
-static struct dmi_system_id cable_dmi_table[] = {
+static const struct dmi_system_id cable_dmi_table[] = {
{
.ident = "Acer Ferrari 3400",
.matches = {
