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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/firmware: const-ify DMI API and internals
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:51:42 -0700
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On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 12:01:20PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 10:27:19AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>> commit 457b6eb3bf3341d2e143518a0bb99ffbb8d754c4
>>> Author: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
>>> Date:   Sat Sep 1 10:16:45 2007 -0400
>>>
>>>     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.
>> Looks great to me, do you want me to take this through my driver tree?
>> I'd be glad to do so.
>
> I was just going to push it myself, but have no strong feelings on the 
> matter.

Ok, you can push it, that's fine with me.  Feel free to add my:
	Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

if you want.

thanks,

greg k-h