[flashrom] consts and copies (was: Re: [SerialICE] an idea)

[Stefan Reinauer]

On 11/27/09 12:24 AM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> Well, with some careful changes, I think flashrom can get by with maybe
> 2 kB of RAM or CAR. I know what to change, but I can't make 100% correct
> RAM requirement estimates. And we'll need boatloads of const keywords.
> Patches welcome, especially for the const stuff. The biggest writable
> object is the flashchip array. We can make it const, but then we have to
> copy each chip to a temporary variable during probe. Not really ideal. Hm.

Why the copy?

Can't we instead have a writable struct flashchip_instance and let that
contain a pointer to the current readonly struct flashchip member?

Stefan