Re: PATCH: "Pass module parameters" to built-in drivers

2001-01-24 Thread Keith Owens
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 08:32:35 -0500, Paul Gortmaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm curious as to what boot argument equivalent you envision for e.g. > >options ne io=0x280,0x300 irq=10,12 bad=0,1 ne.io=0x280,0x300 ne.irq=10,12 ne.bad=0,1. I might even be generous and handle ne{io=0x280,0x300 ir

Re: PATCH: "Pass module parameters" to built-in drivers

2001-01-24 Thread Paul Gortmaker
Keith Owens wrote: > Inconsistent methods for setting the same parameter are bad. I can and > will do this cleanly in 2.5. Parameters will be always be keyed by the > module name, even if they are compiled in. Adding an inconsistent I'm curious as to what boot argument equivalent you envision

Re: PATCH: "Pass module parameters" to built-in drivers

2001-01-23 Thread Richard Guenther
Hi! Well, I did a very similar patch about 2.3.3x and it got even included in -acXX during a Linus vacation - but it got dropped for some reason (f.i. such an approach does not work well for multi-file modules, I was told). I re-sent it during the 2.4.0-test phase and got no reply, so I think jus

Re: PATCH: "Pass module parameters" to built-in drivers

2001-01-22 Thread Keith Owens
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 21:55:23 + (GMT), Russell King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hmm, don't we already have all that __setup() stuff laying around? Ok, >it might not be built into the .o for modules, but it could be. Could >we not do something along the lines of: > >1. User passes parameters

Re: PATCH: "Pass module parameters" to built-in drivers

2001-01-22 Thread Russell King
Keith Owens writes: > It is part of my total Makefile rewrite for 2.5. A clean > implementation of module parameters mapping to setup code requires the > mapping of a source file to the module it is linked into. That > information is difficult to extract with the current Makefile system, > my re

Re: PATCH: "Pass module parameters" to built-in drivers

2001-01-22 Thread Keith Owens
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:56:38 +0100, Werner Almesberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Keith Owens wrote: >> Inconsistent methods for setting the same parameter are bad. I can and >> will do this cleanly in 2.5. > >If your approach isn't overly intrusive (i.e. doesn't require changes >to all files c

Re: PATCH: "Pass module parameters" to built-in drivers

2001-01-22 Thread Werner Almesberger
Keith Owens wrote: > Inconsistent methods for setting the same parameter are bad. I can and > will do this cleanly in 2.5. If your approach isn't overly intrusive (i.e. doesn't require changes to all files containing module parameters, or such), maybe you could make a patch for 2.4.x and wave it

Re: PATCH: "Pass module parameters" to built-in drivers

2001-01-20 Thread Keith Owens
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 15:54:56 +1100, David Luyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Here's a proposed v2.4 "quick fix" to allow specifying "module parameters" to >any of the many drivers without option parsers when built in to the kernel. Fundamental problem: you assume that each module is built from a

PATCH: "Pass module parameters" to built-in drivers

2001-01-20 Thread David Luyer
Alan, Keith, All, Here's a proposed v2.4 "quick fix" to allow specifying "module parameters" to any of the many drivers without option parsers when built in to the kernel. I understand Keith has intentions to do this differently in v2.5, however I'd be happy if something along these lines could