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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] final support for MODULE_PARAM as kernel commandline
From:       Richard Guenther <zxmpm11 () student ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       1999-09-14 8:20:17
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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 grant@torque.net wrote:

> > There are two options for dealing with this: either invent a standard
> > naming convention (i.e., "io" becomes "3c501_io") and live with that
> > 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 tend to prefer the prefix thing because I think it would cause less
> > disruption.  Module parameters could still use the short form everyone
> > expects.  Driver updates would consist of just adding a macro for the
> > prefix.
> 
> Of course, there is already some precedent for this.  All the PARIDE
> drivers use parameters like pcd.verbose= or pd.drive0= ... 

So does the isapnp driver which I needed the patch for...

Richard.

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