From: Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>
To: Willem Riede <wrlk@riede.org>
Cc: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Selective attach for ide-scsi
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:11:20 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040211121120.A24289@beaverton.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040210000205.GG28026@serve.riede.org>; from wrlk@riede.org on Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:02:05PM -0500
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:02:05PM -0500, Willem Riede wrote:
> On 2004.02.09 03:24, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > Willem Riede writes:
> > The patch I posted, which you apparently didn't like, doesn't
> > require the use of boot-only options: it instead adds a module_param
> > to ide-scsi which allows for greater flexibility.
> >
> > Personally I never liked that butt-ugly hdX=ide-scsi hack.
>
> I hear you. There are certainly advantages to use a module parameter rather
> than a boot argument.
But module_param allows module arguments when built as a module, and boot
arguments when built into the kernel.
> However, there should not be two mechanisms to achieve the same goal. For
> better or for worse, the hdX=<driver> construction exists, and people are
> using it. Its use is not limited to ide-scsi.
So does module_param not work because the usage is across modules? That
seems odd.
-- Patrick Mansfield
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-11 20:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-08 22:42 [PATCH] Selective attach for ide-scsi Willem Riede
2004-02-09 8:24 ` Mikael Pettersson
2004-02-10 0:02 ` Willem Riede
2004-02-11 20:11 ` Patrick Mansfield [this message]
2004-02-14 22:06 ` Willem Riede
2004-02-14 22:54 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-02-14 23:03 ` Willem Riede
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