Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ethtool: allow const ethtool_ops

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:08:44 +0900

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:08:03 -0400
Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > The ethtool_ops structure is immutable, it expected to be setup
> > by the driver and is never changed. This patch allows drivers to
> > declare there ethtool_ops structure read-only.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
> 
> ACK, but I need the associated change-all-drivers patch, in order to 
> apply this.
> 
> 	Jeff
> 
> 

No, they can pass non-const and everthing works.
Changing the ethtool_ops to have const args would require a global change.