Messages in this thread | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: "Pass module parameters" to built-in drivers | Date | Tue, 23 Jan 2001 03:30:36 +1100 |
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On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:56:38 +0100, Werner Almesberger <Werner.Almesberger@epfl.ch> wrote: >Keith Owens wrote: >> Inconsistent methods for setting the same parameter are bad. I can and >> will do this cleanly in 2.5. > >If your approach isn't overly intrusive (i.e. doesn't require changes >to all files containing module parameters, or such), maybe you could >make a patch for 2.4.x and wave it a little under Linus' nose. Maybe >he likes the scent ;-)
It is part of my total Makefile rewrite for 2.5. A clean implementation of module parameters mapping to setup code requires the mapping of a source file to the module it is linked into. That information is difficult to extract with the current Makefile system, my rewrite makes it easy.
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