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Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 15:03:46 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
To: David Decotigny <decot@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] forcedeth: make module parameters readable in
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On Wed, 18 May 2011 14:09:59 -0700
David Decotigny <decot@google.com> wrote:

> This change allows to publish the values of the module parameters in
> /sys/module.
> 
>

Although this makes more info for developer, it also means more
stuff in sysfs taking more memory and not providing any real value
that can't be found by looking at the /etc/modprobe.d for any parameters
user might have set.