Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263803AbUAUIkJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jan 2004 03:40:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265864AbUAUIkJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jan 2004 03:40:09 -0500 Received: from twilight.ucw.cz ([81.30.235.3]:6272 "EHLO midnight.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263803AbUAUIkF (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jan 2004 03:40:05 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:40:09 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Rusty Russell Cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: 2.6.1-mm4 Message-ID: <20040121084009.GC295@ucw.cz> References: <20040121043608.6E4BB2C0CB@lists.samba.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040121043608.6E4BB2C0CB@lists.samba.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1219 Lines: 34 On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 03:06:57PM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote: > 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( Inbetween the module changes and the input changes there was a situation, where you'd have to pass psmouse.psmouse_maxproto=imps2 as a kernel argument. This should (I hope so, I have to check) be fixed now. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - 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/