#include "bcm2835.h"
 
 /* hardware definition */
-static struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_bcm2835_playback_hw = {
+static const struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_bcm2835_playback_hw = {
        .info = (SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BLOCK_TRANSFER |
        SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID),
        .formats = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U8 | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE,
        .periods_max = 128,
 };
 
-static struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_bcm2835_playback_spdif_hw = {
+static const struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_bcm2835_playback_spdif_hw = {
        .info = (SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BLOCK_TRANSFER |
        SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID),
        .formats = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE,