From: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>
To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][BUG FIX for 2.6.38] DM04/QQBOX memcpy to const char fix.
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:58:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1295139537.28044.20.camel@tvboxspy> (raw)
Driver Version v1.75
Kernel oops appears in 2.6.37-rc8 in lme_firmware_switch because of a memcpy to a const char.
Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/lmedm04.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/lmedm04.c
index 9eea418..46ccd01 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/lmedm04.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/lmedm04.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static int lme2510_download_firmware(struct usb_device *dev,
}
/* Default firmware for LME2510C */
-const char lme_firmware[50] = "dvb-usb-lme2510c-s7395.fw";
+char lme_firmware[50] = "dvb-usb-lme2510c-s7395.fw";
static void lme_coldreset(struct usb_device *dev)
{
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ static struct dvb_usb_device_properties lme2510c_properties = {
.caps = DVB_USB_IS_AN_I2C_ADAPTER,
.usb_ctrl = DEVICE_SPECIFIC,
.download_firmware = lme2510_download_firmware,
- .firmware = lme_firmware,
+ .firmware = (const char *)&lme_firmware,
.size_of_priv = sizeof(struct lme2510_state),
.num_adapters = 1,
.adapter = {
@@ -1109,5 +1109,5 @@ module_exit(lme2510_module_exit);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("LME2510(C) DVB-S USB2.0");
-MODULE_VERSION("1.74");
+MODULE_VERSION("1.75");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
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