The name field in pci_driver should be const, it is not modified by PCI subsystem. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx> --- a/include/linux/pci.h 2010-09-02 10:51:53.781352393 -0700 +++ b/include/linux/pci.h 2010-09-02 10:52:10.596969106 -0700 @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ struct pci_error_handlers { struct module; struct pci_driver { struct list_head node; - char *name; + const char *name; const struct pci_device_id *id_table; /* must be non-NULL for probe to be called */ int (*probe) (struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id); /* New device inserted */ void (*remove) (struct pci_dev *dev); /* Device removed (NULL if not a hot-plug capable driver) */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html