Re: [PATCH] Make platform_device_add_data accept a const pointer.

[Russell King]

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 12:54:47PM -0600, Scott Wood wrote:
> platform_device_add_data() makes a copy of the data that is given to it,
> and thus the parameter can be const.  This removes a warning when data
> from get_property() on powerpc is handed to platform_device_add_data(),
> as get_property() returns a const pointer.

Doesn't this cause a compile warning in platform.c, concerning assigning
'data' to struct device's non-const 'platform_data' pointer?

So in essence you're probably just moving the problem rather than really
solving anything.

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Russell King
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