Re: [PATCH 1/8] nvmem: core: make reg_write() take a const void *

Link Mauve <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:03:19 +0200
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On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 09:58:08PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 07:52:17PM +0200, Link Mauve wrote:
> > This callback used to take a mutable void * for no reason, this was
> > found while drafting the Rust abstraction.
> 
> I don't understand how it was compiled. const void * != void * in C and can't
> be implicitly covered, if I am not mistaken. So, this patch heavily should
> break the build. What did I miss?

I think I missed a lot of those drivers while compiling, probably
because I built it for my target hardware instead of doing a
COMPILE_TEST.

> 
> -- 
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
> 
> 

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Link Mauve