Re: [osol-code] easy janitorial task in the kernel

2008-06-16 Thread James Carlson
Garrett D'Amore writes: > Piotr Jasiukajtis / estibi wrote: > > Since I hit a little deeper with the changes I have a question... > > What functions I just shouldn't touch in order to not break the > > compatibility with drivers? > > > > In general, any *argument* to a function can be made cons

Re: [osol-code] easy janitorial task in the kernel

2008-06-15 Thread Garrett D'Amore
Piotr Jasiukajtis / estibi wrote: > Garrett D'Amore pisze: > >> For someone who wants to get their feet wet in the kernel, an relatively >> easy task would be to clean up some of the cases where char * is used, >> but const char * could be used instead. >> >> For example, the ddi_log_sysevent(

Re: [osol-code] easy janitorial task in the kernel

2008-06-15 Thread Piotr Jasiukajtis / estibi
Piotr Jasiukajtis / estibi pisze: > Garrett D'Amore pisze: >> For someone who wants to get their feet wet in the kernel, an relatively >> easy task would be to clean up some of the cases where char * is used, >> but const char * could be used instead. >> >> For example, the ddi_log_sysevent(), dd

Re: [osol-code] easy janitorial task in the kernel

2008-06-15 Thread Piotr Jasiukajtis / estibi
Garrett D'Amore pisze: > For someone who wants to get their feet wet in the kernel, an relatively > easy task would be to clean up some of the cases where char * is used, > but const char * could be used instead. > > For example, the ddi_log_sysevent(), ddi_create_minor_node(), and > similar in

[osol-code] easy janitorial task in the kernel

2008-06-09 Thread Garrett D'Amore
For someone who wants to get their feet wet in the kernel, an relatively easy task would be to clean up some of the cases where char * is used, but const char * could be used instead. For example, the ddi_log_sysevent(), ddi_create_minor_node(), and similar interfaces take char * arguments, whe