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. Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/rtc/rtc-max6900.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-max6900.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-max6900.c index 48b6b41..cbdc86a 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-max6900.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-max6900.c @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ max6900_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id) return 0; } -static struct i2c_device_id max6900_id[] = { +static const struct i2c_device_id max6900_id[] = { { "max6900", 0 }, { } }; -- 2.7.4