From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:31:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:30:51 -0400 Received: from mueller.uncooperative.org ([216.254.102.19]:35598 "EHLO mueller.datastacks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:30:35 -0400 Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:31:00 -0400 From: Crutcher Dunnavant To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Whats in the wings for 2.5 (when it opens) Message-ID: <20010922103100.C9352@mueller.datastacks.com> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010921155806.B8188@mueller.datastacks.com> <17588.1001127560@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <17588.1001127560@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au>; from kaos@ocs.com.au on Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 12:59:20PM +1000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ++ 22/09/01 12:59 +1000 - Keith Owens: > On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:58:06 -0400, > Crutcher Dunnavant wrote: > >A cleaner handling of module parameters/cmd line options. > > That comes out as a side effect of kernel build 2.5, every object gets > -DKBUILD_OBJECT to define the name it is known by. From > Documentation/kbuild/kbuild-2.5. > > -DKBUILD_OBJECT=module, the name of the module the object is > linked into, without the trailing '.o' and without any paths. > If the object is a free standing module or is linked into > vmlinux then the "module" name is the object itself. > Automatically generated. > > Post kbuild 2.5 I will be writing a generic parameter/command line > interface so you can insmod foo bar=99 or boot with foo.bar=99. You > will even be able to boot with foo.bar=99 when foo is a module, insmod > will use the command line as a default set of values. Well, that certainly is clean. How deep does it go? For instance, can we you define it as: foo.bar.baz.bat.quux=99 -> mod 'foo.bar.baz.bat', parm 'quux' so we get naming schemes like: net.3com.3c501.i=5 This would help much with keeping some of the namespaces cleaner. Do you want any help with this? -- Crutcher GCS d--- s+:>+:- a-- C++++$ UL++++$ L+++$>++++ !E PS+++ PE Y+ PGP+>++++ R-(+++) !tv(+++) b+(++++) G+ e>++++ h+>++ r* y+>*$