Re: [PATCH] hid-core: Configurable USB HID Mouse Interrupt Polling Interval

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

Domen Puncer wrote:
> On 07/02/05 07:59 -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> 
>>>+static unsigned int hid_mousepoll_interval;
>>>+module_param_named(mousepoll, hid_mousepoll_interval, uint, 0644);
>>
>>Why is it writable by root?  IOW, will writing a new value to it
>>change the operational value dynamically?
>>
>>Also, from the kernel-parameters.txt patch:
>>+	usbhid.mousepoll=
>>+		[USBHID] The interval at wich mice are to be polled at.
>>
>>(a) "which"
>>(b) drop one of the "at"s... either one.
> 
> 
> Is listing module parameters in kernel-parameters.txt the right thing
> to do? (There are lots of them, not many are listed)

It's currently the right thing to do, but some automated overhaul
sure would make sense.

> I see some options that might be better:
> - Kconfig magic which extracts module_param* and MODULE_PARM_DESC from
>   sources and appends them to help text.
> - a userspace script, that goes trough all modules and generates
>   kernel-module-parameters.txt for example.
> - modinfo like tool (but i think it would require source or descriptions
>   compiled in kernel)

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~Randy