The driver version string is obviously not meant to be changed at run time, so mark it `const'.
Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <ma...@linux-mips.org> --- drivers/net/fddi/defza.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) linux-defza-version-static-fix.patch Index: linux-20181104-4maxp64/drivers/net/fddi/defza.c =================================================================== --- linux-20181104-4maxp64.orig/drivers/net/fddi/defza.c +++ linux-20181104-4maxp64/drivers/net/fddi/defza.c @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ #define DRV_VERSION "v.1.1.4" #define DRV_RELDATE "Oct 6 2018" -static char version[] = +static const char version[] = DRV_NAME ": " DRV_VERSION " " DRV_RELDATE " Maciej W. Rozycki\n"; MODULE_AUTHOR("Maciej W. Rozycki <ma...@linux-mips.org>");