From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:52:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:51:50 -0500 Received: from ppp0.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.3]:14606 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:51:34 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 From: Keith Owens To: Werner Almesberger cc: David Luyer , alan@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PATCH: "Pass module parameters" to built-in drivers In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:56:38 BST." <20010122165638.E4979@almesberger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 03:30:36 +1100 Message-ID: <5766.980181036@ocs3.ocs-net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:56:38 +0100, Werner Almesberger wrote: >Keith Owens wrote: >> Inconsistent methods for setting the same parameter are bad. I can and >> will do this cleanly in 2.5. > >If your approach isn't overly intrusive (i.e. doesn't require changes >to all files containing module parameters, or such), maybe you could >make a patch for 2.4.x and wave it a little under Linus' nose. Maybe >he likes the scent ;-) It is part of my total Makefile rewrite for 2.5. A clean implementation of module parameters mapping to setup code requires the mapping of a source file to the module it is linked into. That information is difficult to extract with the current Makefile system, my rewrite makes it easy. - 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/