Re: 2.6.1-mm4

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Tue Jan 20 2004 - 23:42:36 EST


In message <p73r7xwglgn.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> you write:
> Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Migrating to module_param() is the Right Thing here IMHO, which actually
> > takes the damn address,
>
> The main problem is that module_parm renames the boot time arguments and
> makes them long and hard to remember.

Um, if the module name is neat, and the parameter name is neat, the
combination of the two with a "." between them will be nest.

> E.g. the new argument needed to make the mouse work on KVMs is
> mindboogling, could be nearly a Windows registry entry.

I have no idea what you are talking about. 8(

Please explain,
Rusty.
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