Re: [PATCH net-next] sfc: make function tables const

On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 08:50 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

The phy, mac, and board information structures should be const.

efx_nic_type actually holds information and function pointers about
different generations of the controller, not different boards.

Since tables contain function pointer this improves security
(at least theoretically).

Compile tested only.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <redacted>

Acked-by: Ben Hutchings <redacted>

Ben.

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