Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753911AbZGKLD0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:03:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751878AbZGKLDT (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:03:19 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:48072 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751818AbZGKLDT (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:03:19 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:01:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: what means "module_param(channel_mask, channel_mask, 0644)"? Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1229 Lines: 29 researching my next newbie column about module parameters and i ran across the following: drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c:module_param(channel_mask, channel_mask, 0644); drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c:module_param(mode_mask, mode_mask, 0644); i have no idea what it means to have the second (type) field of module_param() simply repeat the name of the parameter. is this some strange magic? those two names don't *appear* to be typedef'ed anywhere i can see. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday "Kernel Newbie Corner" column @ linux.com: http://cli.gs/WG6WYX ======================================================================== -- 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/