Messages in this thread | | | From | Andy Lutomirski <> | Date | Wed, 3 Jul 2013 14:17:15 -0700 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] Allow optional module parameters |
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On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> wrote: > Dne 1.7.2013 18:33, Jonathan Masters napsal(a): >> One caveat. Sometimes we have manufactured parameters intentionally >> to cause a module to fail. We should standardize that piece. > > You have: > > blacklist foo > > to prevent udev from loading a module and > > install foo /bin/true > > to prevent modprobe from loading the module at all. What is the > motivation for inventing a third way, through adding invalid parameters? >
FWIW, I've occasionally booted with modulename.garbage=1 to prevent modulename from loading at boot. It may be worth adding a more intentional way to do that.
--Andy
-- Andy Lutomirski AMA Capital Management, LLC
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