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From: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:23:17 +0200

> Even if the module parameters are deprecated and extremely inconvenient
> as a mean of bonding configuration, I would say changing their names
> would still count as "breaking the userspace".

I totally agree.

Anything user facing has to be kept around for the deprecation period,
and that includes module parameters.