From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPv6: Update documentation for better built-in help with params Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:43:01 -0800 Message-ID: <20100125134301.e4849520.rdunlap@xenotime.net> References: <4B5DD4AF.8050800@hp.com> <20100125.132142.144428296.davem@davemloft.net> <20100125133133.aa2b86a2.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20100125.133411.191160829.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: brian.haley@hp.com, greg@enjellic.com, nhorman@tuxdriver.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from xenotime.net ([72.52.64.118]:52243 "HELO xenotime.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753724Ab0AYVnD (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:43:03 -0500 Received: from chimera.site ([96.253.169.185]) by xenotime.net for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:43:01 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20100125.133411.191160829.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:34:11 -0800 (PST) David Miller wrote: > From: Randy Dunlap > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:31:33 -0800 > > > On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:21:42 -0800 (PST) David Miller wrote: > > > >> From: Brian Haley > >> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:28:15 -0500 > >> > >> > I guess Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt is where such things > >> > live, can I send you a patch for that or does it need to go > >> > through someone else? > >> > >> I think lkml is a suitable place to submit something like > >> that. > >> -- > > > > Sure, but if it's networking parameters, you (David) could still merge it... > > It's not about networking parameters. OK, I didn't see the patch itself, sorry. > It's about adding a generic mention somewhere central that you can set > "module parameters" on the kernel command line when a module is built > statically into the kernel. Maybe like this, from that same file: Module parameters for modules that are built into the kernel image are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus '.' plus parameter name, with '=' and value if appropriate, such as: usbcore.blinkenlights=1 I'll search for the patch... --- ~Randy