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* Re: [PATCH] compat: drop const to fix compiler warnings
       [not found] <1347004574-80506-1-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org>
@ 2012-09-07  9:04 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
  2012-09-07  9:12   ` Felix Fietkau
  2012-09-07 12:59   ` Andy Gospodarek
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Luis R. Rodriguez @ 2012-09-07  9:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Felix Fietkau; +Cc: linux-wireless, backports

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> wrote:
> When calling pci_find_capability and pci_read_config_word, struct pci_dev
> needs to be passed without const.

Thanks! I guess because at certain kernel version pci_dev was const ?

  Luis

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* Re: [PATCH] compat: drop const to fix compiler warnings
  2012-09-07  9:04 ` [PATCH] compat: drop const to fix compiler warnings Luis R. Rodriguez
@ 2012-09-07  9:12   ` Felix Fietkau
  2012-09-07 12:59   ` Andy Gospodarek
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Felix Fietkau @ 2012-09-07  9:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis R. Rodriguez; +Cc: linux-wireless, backports

On 2012-09-07 11:04 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> wrote:
>> When calling pci_find_capability and pci_read_config_word, struct pci_dev
>> needs to be passed without const.
> 
> Thanks! I guess because at certain kernel version pci_dev was const ?
Probably, I didn't really check. Either way, this patch should be safe
for all kernel versions.

- Felix


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* Re: [PATCH] compat: drop const to fix compiler warnings
  2012-09-07  9:04 ` [PATCH] compat: drop const to fix compiler warnings Luis R. Rodriguez
  2012-09-07  9:12   ` Felix Fietkau
@ 2012-09-07 12:59   ` Andy Gospodarek
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andy Gospodarek @ 2012-09-07 12:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Luis R. Rodriguez; +Cc: Felix Fietkau, linux-wireless, backports

On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:37AM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> wrote:
> > When calling pci_find_capability and pci_read_config_word, struct pci_dev
> > needs to be passed without const.
> 
> Thanks! I guess because at certain kernel version pci_dev was const ?
> 

Similar issues exist with ethtool_ops, but it's not a huge deal, imo.

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