> > There are two options for dealing with this: either invent a standard
> > naming convention (i.e., "io" becomes "3c501_io") and live with that
> > for both module parameters and boot parameters, or, have a way of
> > specifying a prefix just for boot parameters, like:
> >
> > __setup(MODULE_PREFIX #var "=", modparm##var##_setup);
> >
> > I tend to prefer the prefix thing because I think it would cause less
> > disruption. Module parameters could still use the short form everyone
> > expects. Driver updates would consist of just adding a macro for the
> > prefix.
>
> Of course, there is already some precedent for this. All the PARIDE
> drivers use parameters like pcd.verbose= or pd.drive0= ...
So does the isapnp driver which I needed the patch for...
Richard.
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