From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: "Jeremy Jackson" <jerj@coplanar.net>
To: "Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz" <B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl>
Cc: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Switch ide parameters to new-style and make them unique.
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 12:21:26 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030512040100.DA6992C0DC@lists.samba.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 11 May 2003 10:59:59 -0400." <005201c317cd$febb2d00$7c07a8c0@kennet.coplanar.net>
In message <005201c317cd$febb2d00$7c07a8c0@kennet.coplanar.net> you write:
> I think at some point, the kernel command line parameters should be
> consolidated behind a single ata=hda,noprobe or ata=if0,io0x1f0,irq7 type
> parameter, instead of the hda= and ide0=. Taking that one step furthur, a
> new syntax is needed, and having it go into 2.6 might pave the way for
> removing the old cruft in 2.8?
The idea behind module_param* is to promote conformity, so a module
foo will have command line params starting with "foo.", as well as
easing the burden of double-implementation on kernel coders.
Naturally, this transition will take a long time (ie. forever):
breaking command line params is not something to be done lightly, even
in a major point transition.
Cheers,
Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-12 3:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-10 16:19 [PATCH] Parse new-style boot parameters just before initcalls Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2003-05-10 16:25 ` [PATCH] Switch ide parameters to new-style and make them unique Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2003-05-11 14:59 ` Jeremy Jackson
2003-05-11 15:32 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2003-05-11 16:35 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-12 1:49 ` Jeremy Jackson
2003-05-12 6:37 ` Rusty Russell
2003-05-12 12:34 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2003-05-12 2:21 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2003-05-12 2:05 ` [PATCH] Parse new-style boot parameters just before initcalls Rusty Russell
2003-05-12 12:05 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
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