Messages in this thread |  | | | From | grant@torque ... | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] final support for MODULE_PARAM as kernel commandline | | Date | Mon, 13 Sep 1999 21:14:25 -0400 (EDT) |
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> 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= ...
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