Re: [PATCH] drivers/firmware: const-ify DMI API and internals

>     And if we're really lucky, this might enable some additional
>     optimizations on the part of the compiler.

Only if the kernel was compiled C++. C compilers generally ignore constness
for optimization purposes because it can be so easily casted away.

-Andi
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