[PATCH] fbcon: constify font data
const-ify the font control structures and data, to make somewhat better
guarantees that these are not modified anywhere in the kernel.
Specifically for a kernel debugger to share this information from the
normal kernel code, such a guarantee seems rather desirable.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@hotpop.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/font_8x16.c b/drivers/video/console/font_8x16.c
index e6f8dba..74fe86f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/font_8x16.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/font_8x16.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
#define FONTDATAMAX 4096
-static unsigned char fontdata_8x16[FONTDATAMAX] = {
+static const unsigned char fontdata_8x16[FONTDATAMAX] = {
/* 0 0x00 '^@' */
0x00, /* 00000000 */
@@ -4621,7 +4621,7 @@
};
-struct font_desc font_vga_8x16 = {
+const struct font_desc font_vga_8x16 = {
VGA8x16_IDX,
"VGA8x16",
8,
