netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 06/10] octeontx2-af: Add NIX1 interfaces to NPC

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Message-ID: <20201014194804.1e3b57ae@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:48:04 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     sundeep.lkml@...il.com
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, rsaladi2@...vell.com,
        sgoutham@...vell.com, Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 06/10] octeontx2-af: Add NIX1 interfaces to NPC

On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:56:28 +0530 sundeep.lkml@...il.com wrote:
> -static const struct npc_mcam_kex npc_mkex_default = {
> +static struct npc_mcam_kex npc_mkex_default = {
>  	.mkex_sign = MKEX_SIGN,
>  	.name = "default",
>  	.kpu_version = NPC_KPU_PROFILE_VER,

Why is this no longer constant? Are you modifying global data based 
on the HW discovered in the system?