From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ethtool: allow const ethtool_ops Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:12:30 -0400 Message-ID: <4507690E.2030804@pobox.com> References: <20060908111613.12c1f9b8@localhost.localdomain> <4506DB63.2040904@pobox.com> <20060913110844.42623dcb@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "David S. Miller" , netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:13190 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751499AbWIMCMe (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:12:34 -0400 To: Stephen Hemminger In-Reply-To: <20060913110844.42623dcb@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Stephen Hemminger wrote: > No, they can pass non-const and everthing works. > Changing the ethtool_ops to have const args would require a global change. Re-stating previous email: I need a patch which updates all drivers to declare their ethtool_ops structs const. Jeff