On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Matthew Dharm wrote: > > > Is there a place where we can keep all that useful descriptive text? I > > > really don't want to throw it away, just to be bombarded by "what's this > > > parameter for" questions... > > > > It can go into a comment, but that wouldn't help very much... > > It would be better than nothing. > > > I don't know whether it's regarded as good form to have such a long text > > as the contents of a module parameter description. The only other spot > > seems to be in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt, which has brief > > descriptions of many (but far from all) available parameters. There's > > also the disadvantage that it's not accessible to people who haven't > > installed the kernel source. > > My main goal is to put it someplace that Google can find it. If we can at > least meet that threshold, then we'll save ourselves a lot of trouble.
Then the ideal solution would be to put it on a well-known web page. The obvious candidate is www.linux-usb.org, maybe as part of the FAQ. It already has a discussion of max_sectors; this wouldn't be very different. > Alternatively, we leave the configuration option in place, and simply have > that option set the default value of the module parameter. Then, enhance > the help text to mention the parameter. That would work, and it would represent the minimum change from the current setup. But having a config option just to set a default value feels to me like overkill. I'll be glad to work up whichever solution you think is best. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
