{
        struct device_node *rootdn;
 
-       char *ppartition_name;
-       unsigned int *p_number_ptr;
+       const char *ppartition_name;
+       const unsigned int *p_number_ptr;
 
        /* Retrieve information about this partition */
        rootdn = find_path_device("/");
                return;
        }
 
-       ppartition_name =
-               get_property(rootdn, "ibm,partition-name", NULL);
+       ppartition_name = get_property(rootdn, "ibm,partition-name", NULL);
        if (ppartition_name)
                strncpy(partition_name, ppartition_name,
                                sizeof(partition_name));
-       p_number_ptr =
-               (unsigned int *)get_property(rootdn, "ibm,partition-no",
-                                            NULL);
+       p_number_ptr = get_property(rootdn, "ibm,partition-no", NULL);
        if (p_number_ptr)
                partition_number = *p_number_ptr;
 }
 
        struct fsc_state *state;
        struct Scsi_Host *host;
        void *dma_cmd_space;
-       unsigned char *clkprop;
+       const unsigned char *clkprop;
        int proplen, rc = -ENODEV;
 
        if (macio_resource_count(mdev) != 2 || macio_irq_count(mdev) != 2) {
 
 {
        struct device_node *mesh = macio_get_of_node(mdev);
        struct pci_dev* pdev = macio_get_pci_dev(mdev);
-       int tgt, *cfp, minper;
+       int tgt, minper;
+       const int *cfp;
        struct mesh_state *ms;
        struct Scsi_Host *mesh_host;
        void *dma_cmd_space;
                ms->tgts[tgt].current_req = NULL;
                }
 
-       if ((cfp = (int *) get_property(mesh, "clock-frequency", NULL)))
+       if ((cfp = get_property(mesh, "clock-frequency", NULL)))
                        ms->clk_freq = *cfp;
        else {
                        printk(KERN_INFO "mesh: assuming 50MHz clock frequency\n");