[PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 13/18] ohci1394: make phys_dma parameter read-only

Stefan Richter
2006-06-02T20:21:56Z

Ability to switch physical DMA on and off at run time would be a nice
feature but a PITA to support by highlevel drivers and userspace apps.
Therefore allow it only to be set when the driver is being loaded.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>

Index: linux-2.6.17-rc5-mm2/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17-rc5-mm2.orig/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.c 2006-06-01 20:55:45.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc5-mm2/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.c 2006-06-01 20:55:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ printk(level "%s: fw-host%d: " fmt "\n"

/* Module Parameters */
static int phys_dma = 1;
-module_param(phys_dma, int, 0644);
+module_param(phys_dma, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(phys_dma, "Enable physical dma (default = 1).");

static void dma_trm_tasklet(unsigned long data);