From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:18:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:18:30 -0500 Received: from smtp6.mail.yahoo.com ([128.11.69.103]:51973 "HELO smtp6.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:18:18 -0500 X-Apparently-From: Message-ID: <3A6ED972.6636E169@yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 08:32:35 -0500 From: Paul Gortmaker X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; Linux 2.4.1-pre8 i486) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Keith Owens CC: David Luyer , alan@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PATCH: "Pass module parameters" to built-in drivers In-Reply-To: <27169.980053744@ocs3.ocs-net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Keith Owens wrote: > Inconsistent methods for setting the same parameter are bad. I can and > will do this cleanly in 2.5. Parameters will be always be keyed by the > module name, even if they are compiled in. Adding an inconsistent I'm curious as to what boot argument equivalent you envision for e.g. options ne io=0x280,0x300 irq=10,12 bad=0,1 > method to 2.4 then changing to a correct method in 2.5 is a bad idea, > wait until we can do it right. As a related issue, this will allow me (or whoever) to kill off the ether=x,y,z,ethN boot argument for compiled in ethernet drivers at the same time. It made sense back in 1.0/1.2 days when distro kernels were shipped with everything compiled in and ISA cards were the norm. Now it is hardly used and generally a PITA to support. Paul. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/