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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] final support for MODULE_PARAM as kernel commandline
From:       Alan Cox <alan () lxorguk ! ukuu ! org ! uk>
Date:       1999-09-14 1:20:42
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> However... I think we can't just grab the module parameter name and
> use that as a boot parameter name: each module currently has its own
> "namespace" for parameters, and you're going to get tons of conflicts
> this way.  For instance, there are tons of things like:

Agreed

> 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 think there are two obvious things here. You got one of them bang on the
head. The other is to make SETUP_PARM() both and MODULE_PARM() module only
I think ?



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