From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc at pm.waw.pl> Content-Disposition: inline; filename=i2c-mark-data-const-for-write-block.patch The attached patch marks i2c_smbus_write_block_data() and i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data() buffers as const. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Halasa <khc at pm.waw.pl> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> --- drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 4 ++-- include/linux/i2c.h | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.17-rc5.orig/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c 2006-06-06 19:29:30.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.17-rc5/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c 2006-06-06 19:29:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ } s32 i2c_smbus_write_block_data(struct i2c_client *client, u8 command, - u8 length, u8 *values) + u8 length, const u8 *values) { union i2c_smbus_data data; @@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ } s32 i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(struct i2c_client *client, u8 command, - u8 length, u8 *values) + u8 length, const u8 *values) { union i2c_smbus_data data; --- linux-2.6.17-rc5.orig/include/linux/i2c.h 2006-06-06 19:29:30.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.17-rc5/include/linux/i2c.h 2006-06-06 19:31:45.000000000 +0200 @@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ u8 command, u16 value); extern s32 i2c_smbus_write_block_data(struct i2c_client * client, u8 command, u8 length, - u8 *values); + const u8 *values); /* Returns the number of read bytes */ extern s32 i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(struct i2c_client * client, u8 command, u8 *values); extern s32 i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(struct i2c_client * client, u8 command, u8 length, - u8 *values); + const u8 *values); /* * A driver is capable of handling one or more physical devices present on -- Jean Delvare