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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:       1999-09-15 13:13:15
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> I recommend that modules built into kernel use modname.parmname.  Use
> the same syntax when loaded as a separate module but change insmod so
> 
>   insmod modname parm1=val1 parm2=val2
> 
> is tried "as is" first then retried as
> 
>   insmod modname modname.parm1=val1 modname.parm2=val2

It should try the other way around. The first has an ambiguous failure
case the second does not.

> if the parameter names do not exist in the module.  It would require
> 2.3.18-ac users to upgrade to a new modutils but that is nothing new.
> Parameter files would be unchanged and both code and parm files would
> be backwards compatible.
> 
> Shall I upgrade insmod to automatically insert a modname prefix on
> parameters if the raw parameter name does not exist?

If someone wants to fix up the modules.h macros to generate the right
foo.bar (and remember thats not a valid variable name in C) then this
sounds the right approach


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