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const char* to char* update in console.h

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From: Amit Shah <[email protected]>

Hi all,

(resending updated version for 2.5.69)

The read function for consoles in include/linux/console.h contains const char* for a pointer that it will actually modify. Although no one seems to be using this as of now, it should be corrected.

include/linux/console.h renamed from include/linux/console.h.orig +1 -1
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 {
 	char	name[8];
 	void	(*write)(struct console *, const char *, unsigned);
-	int	(*read)(struct console *, const char *, unsigned);
+	int	(*read)(struct console *, char *, unsigned);
 	struct tty_driver *(*device)(struct console *, int *);
 	void	(*unblank)(void);
 	int	(*setup)(struct console *, char *);
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