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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/uio_driver.h4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
index 6116b93..b787e47 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
@@ -393,12 +393,12 @@ offset = N * getpagesize();
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
-<varname>char *name</varname>: Required. The name of your driver as
+<varname>const char *name</varname>: Required. The name of your driver as
it will appear in sysfs. I recommend using the name of your module for this.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
-<varname>char *version</varname>: Required. This string appears in
+<varname>const char *version</varname>: Required. This string appears in
<filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/version</filename>.
</para></listitem>
diff --git a/include/linux/uio_driver.h b/include/linux/uio_driver.h
index 20be327..a0bb6bd 100644
--- a/include/linux/uio_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio_driver.h
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ struct uio_device;
*/
struct uio_info {
struct uio_device *uio_dev;
- char *name;
- char *version;
+ const char *name;
+ const char *version;
struct uio_mem mem[MAX_UIO_MAPS];
struct uio_port port[MAX_UIO_PORT_REGIONS];
long irq;
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