Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 May 2003 17:33:23 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add boot command line parsing for the e100 driver |
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On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 12:30:52PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > Don't do this. 2.5 has the module_parame stuff that works for both > > static and modular drivers. Just convert e100 to it. > > ...which totally screws people trying to keep 2.4 and 2.5 > sources as close as possible.
So what? It's not that we APIs don't change under Linux.
> If all modules do not require new module_param changes, then logically, > e100 does not either. And e100 has a better argument than most against > such changes.
Again, we don't convert old drivers just for the sake of it. But instead of adding such horrible cruft Corey did it should just use the proper API. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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