From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758953AbYDCQc2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Apr 2008 12:32:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756418AbYDCQcT (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Apr 2008 12:32:19 -0400 Received: from zrtps0kp.nortel.com ([47.140.192.56]:48908 "EHLO zrtps0kp.nortel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754580AbYDCQcT (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Apr 2008 12:32:19 -0400 Message-ID: <47F5067D.9070400@nortel.com> Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:31:57 -0600 From: "Chris Friesen" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-6 (X11/20050513) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Horsley CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: module parameters versus kernel command line References: <20080403090053.56f243df@tomh> <20080403083953.42ea3f1d.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20080403120425.232cb1ba@tomh> In-Reply-To: <20080403120425.232cb1ba@tomh> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Apr 2008 16:32:01.0333 (UTC) FILETIME=[3E5C2650:01C895A8] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Tom Horsley wrote: > I know that part, I'm just wondering if it would be nice to have > even dynamically loaded modules notice the kernel option > so that the "usbcore" module would see the "blinkenlights=1" > parameter from the kernel boot options when dynamically loaded? What if the module is loaded with parameters, and parameters are also specified in the kernel command line? I'd suggest that the dynamic parameter should probably take precedence, as that would allow the user to specify things that were not necessarily known at boot time, while still providing a boot-time fallback. Chris