Re: New build warnings

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On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 09:12:40PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 09:38:49AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:

> > >     of: add const to struct *of_device_id.data
> > > 
> > >     Drivers should never need to modify the data of a device id. So it can
> > >     be const which in turn allows more consts in the driver.

> > I notice this one is still present in the kernel.  Uwe, what's happening
> > with it?

> Yeah, the warning was introduced by my patch. It's not trivial to fix
> because the twl-regulator driver modifies the data used to probe devices
> during probe. That is the result of two probes might depend on their
> order. I mentioned that problem in the cover letter of my series but got
> no feedback from someone feeling responsible for this driver.
> Arnd sent a patch for that problem, don't know its state though.

I don't recall such a patch being sent to me.  The twl-regulator driver
is unmaintained so it's unlikely anyone is going to actively work on it.
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