i2c_device_id are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions working with i2c_device_id provided by <linux/i2c.h> work with const i2c_device_id. So mark the non-const structs as const. Arvind Yadav (4): [PATCH 1/4] rtc: ds1672: constify i2c_device_id [PATCH 2/4] rtc: em3027: constify i2c_device_id [PATCH 3/4] rtc: max6900: constify i2c_device_id [PATCH 4/4] rtc: rv3029c2: constify i2c_device_id drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1672.c | 2 +- drivers/rtc/rtc-em3027.c | 2 +- drivers/rtc/rtc-max6900.c | 2 +- drivers/rtc/rtc-rv3029c2.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4