Index: kernel/generic/include/lib/elf.h
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/include/lib/elf.h	(revision af863d0df32b98f1005d2470e2de1d3e71a445e6)
+++ kernel/generic/include/lib/elf.h	(revision 31c80a5a694a236c6e15ef83715beb9292c3da99)
@@ -338,5 +338,5 @@
 #endif
 
-extern char *elf_error(unsigned int rc);
+extern const char *elf_error(unsigned int rc);
 
 /* Interpreter string used to recognize the program loader */