Re: [RFC PATCH] Allow optional module parameters

Andy Lutomirski
2013-07-03T21:17:36Z

On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> wrote:
> Dne 1.7.2013 18:33, Jonathan Masters napsal(a):
>> One caveat. Sometimes we have manufactured parameters intentionally
>> to cause a module to fail. We should standardize that piece.
>
> You have:
>
> blacklist foo
>
> to prevent udev from loading a module and
>
> install foo /bin/true
>
> to prevent modprobe from loading the module at all. What is the
> motivation for inventing a third way, through adding invalid parameters?
>

FWIW, I've occasionally booted with modulename.garbage=1 to prevent
modulename from loading at boot. It may be worth adding a more
intentional way to do that.

--Andy

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Andy Lutomirski
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