Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265964AbUAUEip (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:38:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266052AbUAUEgQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:36:16 -0500 Received: from dp.samba.org ([66.70.73.150]:31457 "EHLO lists.samba.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266054AbUAUEfx (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:35:53 -0500 From: Rusty Russell To: Andi Kleen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, Vojtech Pavlik Subject: Re: 2.6.1-mm4 In-reply-to: Your message of "19 Jan 2004 13:40:56 BST." Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:06:57 +1100 Message-Id: <20040121043608.6E4BB2C0CB@lists.samba.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 968 Lines: 26 In message you write: > Rusty Russell 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. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/