* module_param( byte ... ) missing?
@ 2004-01-03 16:40 Juergen Quade
2004-01-04 2:06 ` Rusty Russell
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From: Juergen Quade @ 2004-01-03 16:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rusty Russell; +Cc: linux-kernel
Rusty,
using the "byte"-datatype as module parameter throws a compile error.
Other than stated in the comment of the headerfile <linux/moduleparam.h>
/* Helper functions: type is byte, short, ushort, int, uint, long,
ulong, charp, bool or invbool, or XXX if you define param_get_XXX,
param_set_XXX and param_check_XXX. */
#define module_param_named(name, value, type, perm)
...
the datatype _byte_ seems not be implemented.
Have you dropped it intentionally?
Juergen.
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2004-01-03 16:40 module_param( byte ... ) missing? Juergen Quade
@ 2004-01-04 2:06 ` Rusty Russell
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From: Rusty Russell @ 2004-01-04 2:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Juergen Quade; +Cc: linux-kernel
In message <20040103164026.GA29962@hsnr.de> you write:
> Rusty,
>
> using the "byte"-datatype as module parameter throws a compile error.
> Other than stated in the comment of the headerfile <linux/moduleparam.h>
>
> /* Helper functions: type is byte, short, ushort, int, uint, long,
> ulong, charp, bool or invbool, or XXX if you define param_get_XXX,
> param_set_XXX and param_check_XXX. */
> #define module_param_named(name, value, type, perm)
> ...
>
> the datatype _byte_ seems not be implemented.
> Have you dropped it intentionally?
No, just not implemented; the comment is overzealous.
Of course, you can implement byte in two ways: you can do it in your
own module (effectively a private type), or in kernel/params.c. I'd
prefer the former, and if lots of modules use it, we move it to
kernel/params.c.
Hope that clarifies,
Rusty.
--
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