On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 10:22:46PM -0700, Matt Thomas wrote: > >> Modified Files: > >> src/sys/dev/i2c: g760a.c > >> > >> Log Message: > >> Use (void *) instead of (type **) which gcc complains about. > > > > At least one of these casts is discarding const and writing to the > > const object returned by sysctl_createv(). > > const foo ** is not pointer to const, it's a pointer to a pointer to const. > so void * does not discard const.
It does; it's passing foo ** to a const foo ** argument and thereby discarding the const on the returned pointer. > > It looks as if the const annotations in kern_sysctl.c are rubbish. > > Can anyone explain what the model is supposed to be? > > Not a clue. question stands. -- David A. Holland dholl...@netbsd.org
