Re: [RFC PATCH] Allow optional module parameters

Michal Marek
2013-07-03T21:03:47Z

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?

Thanks,
Michal