diff --git a/sys/dev/ieee1394/fwcrom.c b/sys/dev/ieee1394/fwcrom.c
index 4c9acdfd4376..9eba0aa4673c 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ieee1394/fwcrom.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ieee1394/fwcrom.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: fwcrom.c,v 1.6 2007/12/11 11:34:08 lukem Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: fwcrom.c,v 1.7 2008/05/02 19:50:04 xtraeme Exp $	*/
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 2002-2003
  * 	Hidetoshi Shimokawa. All rights reserved.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: fwcrom.c,v 1.6 2007/12/11 11:34:08 lukem Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: fwcrom.c,v 1.7 2008/05/02 19:50:04 xtraeme Exp $");
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD: /repoman/r/ncvs/src/sys/dev/firewire/fwcrom.c,v 1.14 2006/02/04 21:37:39 imp Exp $");
 #endif
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ crom_crc(uint32_t *ptr, int len)
 static void
 crom_desc_specver(uint32_t spec, uint32_t ver, char *buf, int len)
 {
-	char *s = NULL;
+	const char *s = NULL;
 
 	if (spec == CSRVAL_ANSIT10 || spec == 0) {
 		switch (ver) {
@@ -314,12 +314,12 @@ crom_desc_specver(uint32_t spec, uint32_t ver, char *buf, int len)
 		snprintf(buf, len, "%s", s);
 }
 
-char *
+const char *
 crom_desc(struct crom_context *cc, char *buf, int len)
 {
 	struct csrreg *reg;
 	struct csrdirectory *dir;
-	char *desc;
+	const char *desc;
 	uint16_t crc;
 
 	reg = crom_get(cc);
diff --git a/sys/dev/ieee1394/iec13213.h b/sys/dev/ieee1394/iec13213.h
index 23cf3c7ac35b..bcae4ffdf1c8 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ieee1394/iec13213.h
+++ b/sys/dev/ieee1394/iec13213.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: iec13213.h,v 1.2 2005/12/11 12:22:02 christos Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: iec13213.h,v 1.3 2008/05/02 19:50:04 xtraeme Exp $	*/
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 2003 Hidetoshi Shimokawa
  * Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Katsushi Kobayashi and Hidetoshi Shimokawa
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ struct csrreg *crom_search_key(struct crom_context *, uint8_t);
 int crom_has_specver(uint32_t *, uint32_t, uint32_t);
 
 #ifndef _KERNEL
-char *crom_desc(struct crom_context *, char *, int);
+const char *crom_desc(struct crom_context *, char *, int);
 #endif
 
 /* For CROM build */