On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Mike Marciniszyn
<mike.marcinis...@qlogic.com> wrote:
> There is no choice but a module parameter since the msix initialization is 
> done at driver load, and is only needed after testing reveals that the change 
> is necessary.
>
> I agree that there are a lot of module parameters.   Some that don't allocate 
> resources at load time could be "sys".
>
> I can re-issue the patch with module_param and change the identifier.
>
> The module parameters used throughout the code usually prepend a qib_ or and 
> ib_qib_, and I was following precedent in the code.
>
> The only "no prepend" I see is the sdma_descq_cnt, which could change as well 
> to use module_param.

I looked over the code and I think it makes sense to match the
existing practice with module_param.
Longer term cleaning that up might be worthwhile, but even better
would be to get
rid of the need for so many knobs for users to adjust.

In any case I went ahead and applied this, since I don't think it's
worth quibbling over.

 - R.
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