Re: [PATCH] dvb_frontend: MODULE_PARM_DESC

[Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 03:51:04 +0100, Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 05:10:27PM +0100, Magnus Damm wrote:
> > Remove "dvb_"-prefix from parameters. Without the patch all parameters except
> > the declaration of parameter "frontend_debug" have a "dvb_"-prefix.
> 
> Why is that dvb_ prefix a problem?

It is no biggie and probably not worth breaking users' configuration
like you said, but most drivers do not have their KBUILD_MODNAME
included in the parameter names.

Setting parameters that have KBUILD_MODNAME as prefix from the kernel
commandline is then done by KBUILD_MODNAME.KBUILD_MODNAME_xxx and that
is plain ugly - especially when a list of parameters are generated
from the source.
Some bad citizens IMO:

dvb.dvb_shutdown_timeout, asus.asus_gid, arlan.arlan_entry_debug

> > Error detected with section2text.rb, see autoparam patch.
> 
> Please only fix errors and do not rename other parameters. We shouldn't
> break users' modprobe.conf option settings.

Ok, just fixing errors: frontend_debug should be renamed to
dvb_frontend_debug or the parameter description should at least match
the parameter...
 
Thanks,

/ magnus