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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
Subject: Re: Would an "information module" be useful?
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 22:30:25 +0200
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> You can do all parsing in user space too.

Is it questionable when a custom prefix of a boot command-line parameter can not
be mapped to a kernel module?


> But I'm sure it will not get merged.

Thanks for your feedback.


> All you need is a dummy module with a few module_param()s.

My ideas went in such a direction.


> drivers/misc/ is a nice place do dump such things. :-)

Is an information sink module (with corresponding data type checks) still an
"ordinary" driver?

Regards,
Markus