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[2.4] const char* to char* conversion in console.h

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PATCH 1/1 [2.4] const char* to char* conversion in console.h

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.

linux/console.h Tue Apr 1 18:40:05 2003 renamed from linux/console.h.orig Tue Apr 1 18:39:34 2003 +1 -1
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 {
        char    name[8];
        void    (*write)(struct console *, const char *, unsigned);
-       int     (*read)(struct console *, const char *, unsigned);
+       int     (*read)(struct console *, char *, unsigned);
        kdev_t  (*device)(struct console *);
        void    (*unblank)(void);
        int     (*setup)(struct console *, char *);

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