From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: jonghwa3.lee@samsung.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, a.zummo@towertech.it,
rtc-linux@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: max8997: Add driver for max8997 rtc.
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 18:28:17 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130206182817.3af25596.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <511306BB.2020708@samsung.com>
On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:43:23 +0900 jonghwa3.lee@samsung.com wrote:
> > The best way of handling this sort of thing is for the driver to probe
> > the hardware, work out its capabilities and "do the right thing".
> >
> > The second best way is to require that the user add certain module
> > parameters to enable the functionality.
> >
>
> How do we create sysfs node for enabling these options?
I suggest using module_param[_named](), so users can execute "modprobe
max8997 wtsr=1". Or, if the driver is built into vmlinux, add
"max8997.wtsr=1" to the kernel boot command line.
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt mentions this.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-07 2:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-06 11:23 [PATCH] rtc: max8997: Add driver for max8997 rtc Jonghwa Lee
2013-02-06 21:06 ` Andrew Morton
2013-02-07 1:43 ` jonghwa3.lee
2013-02-07 2:28 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2013-02-07 3:37 ` jonghwa3.lee
2013-02-07 4:14 ` devendra.aaru
2013-02-07 4:22 ` jonghwa3.lee
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