Hello List, Wouldn't it help in some places, when the block write functions would take a const buffer pointer? Please see the diff below. Index: include/linux/i2c-dev.h =================================================================== --- include/linux/i2c-dev.h (revision 5881) +++ include/linux/i2c-dev.h (working copy) @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ } static inline __s32 i2c_smbus_write_block_data(int file, __u8 command, - __u8 length, __u8 *values) + __u8 length, const __u8 *values) { union i2c_smbus_data data; int i; @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ } static inline __s32 i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(int file, __u8 command, - __u8 length, __u8 *values) + __u8 length, const __u8 *values) { union i2c_smbus_data data; int i; Roman -- Roman Fietze Telemotive AG Buero Muehlhausen Breitwiesen 73347 Muehlhausen Tel.: +49(0)7335/18493-45 http://www.telemotive.de _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors