Re: usb: replace __setup("nousb") with __module_param_call

[Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 17:15, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> Fedora users complain that passing "nousbstorage" to the installer causes
> the rest of the USB support to disappear. The installer uses kernel command
> line as a way to pass options through Syslinux. The problem stems from the
> use of strncmp() in obsolete_checksetup().
>

I wonder if that strncmp() should be changed into something like
this (untested):

--- work.orig/init/main.c
+++ work/init/main.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static int __init obsolete_checksetup(ch
 	p = __setup_start;
 	do {
 		int n = strlen(p->str);
-		if (!strncmp(line, p->str, n)) {
+		if (!strncmp(line, p->str, n) && !isalnum(line[n])) {
 			if (p->early) {
 				/* Already done in parse_early_param?  (Needs
 				 * exact match on param part) */


-- 
Dmitry