This text should never change during execution, so it makes sense to use a const char * so that it can be declared as const in the code. Update struct cmd_tbl with a const char * pointer for 'help'.
We cannot make usage const because of the bmode command, used on mx53ppd for example.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org ---
(no changes since v2)
Changes in v2: - Explain why 'usage' cannot be const
include/command.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/command.h b/include/command.h index 137cfbc3231..f8e07a591c6 100644 --- a/include/command.h +++ b/include/command.h @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct cmd_tbl { char *const argv[]); char *usage; /* Usage message (short) */ #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP - char *help; /* Help message (long) */ + const char *help; /* Help message (long) */ #endif #ifdef CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE /* do auto completion on the arguments */