Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 6 Feb 2013 18:28:17 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] rtc: max8997: Add driver for max8997 rtc. |
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On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:43:23 +0900 jonghwa3.lee@samsung.com wrote:
> > The best way of handling this sort of thing is for the driver to probe > > the hardware, work out its capabilities and "do the right thing". > > > > The second best way is to require that the user add certain module > > parameters to enable the functionality. > > > > How do we create sysfs node for enabling these options?
I suggest using module_param[_named](), so users can execute "modprobe max8997 wtsr=1". Or, if the driver is built into vmlinux, add "max8997.wtsr=1" to the kernel boot command line.
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt mentions this.
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