Add const to all DMI string pointers where this is possible. This
fixes a checkpatch warning.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelv...@suse.de>
---
 drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c |   10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- linux-3.10-rc0.orig/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c     2013-05-04 
11:20:48.321082162 +0200
+++ linux-3.10-rc0/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c  2013-05-04 11:20:52.808187924 
+0200
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * of and an antecedent to, SMBIOS, which stands for System
  * Management BIOS.  See further: http://www.dmtf.org/standards
  */
-static char dmi_empty_string[] = "        ";
+static const char dmi_empty_string[] = "        ";
 
 static u16 __initdata dmi_ver;
 /*
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static const char * __init dmi_string_no
        return "";
 }
 
-static char * __init dmi_string(const struct dmi_header *dm, u8 s)
+static const char * __init dmi_string(const struct dmi_header *dm, u8 s)
 {
        const char *bp = dmi_string_nosave(dm, s);
        char *str;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int __init dmi_checksum(const u8
        return sum == 0;
 }
 
-static char *dmi_ident[DMI_STRING_MAX];
+static const char *dmi_ident[DMI_STRING_MAX];
 static LIST_HEAD(dmi_devices);
 int dmi_available;
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static void __init dmi_save_ident(const
                int string)
 {
        const char *d = (const char *) dm;
-       char *p;
+       const char *p;
 
        if (dmi_ident[slot])
                return;
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static void __init dmi_save_oem_strings_
        struct dmi_device *dev;
 
        for (i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
-               char *devname = dmi_string(dm, i);
+               const char *devname = dmi_string(dm, i);
 
                if (devname == dmi_empty_string)
                        continue;


-- 
Jean Delvare
Suse L3

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