Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:20:17 +0200 (METDST) | From | Richard Guenther <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] final support for MODULE_PARAM as kernel commandline |
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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 grant@torque.net wrote:
> > There are two options for dealing with this: either invent a standard > > naming convention (i.e., "io" becomes "3c501_io") and live with that > > for both module parameters and boot parameters, or, have a way of > > specifying a prefix just for boot parameters, like: > > > > __setup(MODULE_PREFIX #var "=", modparm##var##_setup); > > > > I tend to prefer the prefix thing because I think it would cause less > > disruption. Module parameters could still use the short form everyone > > expects. Driver updates would consist of just adding a macro for the > > prefix. > > Of course, there is already some precedent for this. All the PARIDE > drivers use parameters like pcd.verbose= or pd.drive0= ...
So does the isapnp driver which I needed the patch for...
Richard.
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