Index: kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c	(revision 3da11f37e6b8b0d64576fbe67ae8bf361a41793d)
+++ kernel/generic/src/main/kinit.c	(revision 958de16fdaaa208e93eaa7d3150f9a87db99b693)
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@
 		
 		char namebuf[TASK_NAME_BUFLEN];
-		char *name;
-		
-		name = init.tasks[i].name;
+		
+		const char *name = init.tasks[i].name;
 		if (name[0] == 0)
 			name = "<unknown>";
Index: kernel/generic/src/main/version.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/src/main/version.c	(revision 3da11f37e6b8b0d64576fbe67ae8bf361a41793d)
+++ kernel/generic/src/main/version.c	(revision 958de16fdaaa208e93eaa7d3150f9a87db99b693)
@@ -37,20 +37,20 @@
 #include <macros.h>
 
-char *project = "SPARTAN kernel";
-char *copyright = "Copyright (c) 2001-2009 HelenOS project";
-char *release = STRING(RELEASE);
-char *name = STRING(NAME);
-char *arch = STRING(KARCH);
+static const char *project = "SPARTAN kernel";
+static const char *copyright = "Copyright (c) 2001-2010 HelenOS project";
+static const char *release = STRING(RELEASE);
+static const char *name = STRING(NAME);
+static const char *arch = STRING(KARCH);
 
 #ifdef REVISION
-	char *revision = ", revision " STRING(REVISION);
+	static const char *revision = ", revision " STRING(REVISION);
 #else
-	char *revision = "";
+	static const char *revision = "";
 #endif
 
 #ifdef TIMESTAMP
-	char *timestamp = " on " STRING(TIMESTAMP);
+	static const char *timestamp = " on " STRING(TIMESTAMP);
 #else
-	char *timestamp = "";
+	static const char *timestamp = "";
 #endif