diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index afb87cdb46b1..00cb4692a26b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 32f3dde55ba1b28863c0f0611d2c9dcf2d728ec8
+refs/heads/master: aec464bbee32e1d67cba0072c50774c5298ef762
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/eql.c b/trunk/drivers/net/eql.c
index 40125694bd9f..51ead7941f83 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/eql.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/eql.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static void eql_timer(unsigned long param)
 	add_timer(&eql->timer);
 }
 
-static char version[] __initdata =
+static const char version[] __initconst =
 	"Equalizer2002: Simon Janes (simon@ncm.com) and David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)\n";
 
 static const struct net_device_ops eql_netdev_ops = {