Driver Core: constify the name passed to platform_device_register_simple

[Stephen Rothwell]

This name is just passed to platform_device_alloc which has its parameter
declared const.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/base/platform.c         |    2 +-
 include/linux/platform_device.h |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregi
  *	the Linux driver model.  In particular, when such drivers are built
  *	as modules, they can't be "hotplugged".
  */
-struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *name, int id,
+struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *name, int id,
 							struct resource *res, unsigned int num)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern struct resource *platform_get_res
 extern int platform_get_irq_byname(struct platform_device *, char *);
 extern int platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **, int);
 
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *, int id,
+extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *, int id,
 					struct resource *, unsigned int);
 
 extern struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id);


Patches currently in gregkh-2.6 which might be from sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are

bad/battery-class-driver.patch
driver/driver-core-constify-the-name-passed-to-platform_device_register_simple.patch
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