Markus,
Am 23.09.2013 04:38, schrieb Markus Elfring:
> Would it become useful to move "drivers" which do not manage hardware to a
> separate directory?
> Should such source files belong to a different software category (or "class")?
IMHO it would be not very useful.
We have more serious issues to
> In the systemd case we have to ensure that we never ever merge a module named
> "systemd".
Interesting ...
> We have all kinds of strange modules/drivers. Usually you don't have to think
> whether your module is a "ordinary" driver or not...
Would it become useful to move "drivers" which do
Am 22.09.2013 22:30, schrieb Markus Elfring:
>> You can do all parsing in user space too.
>
> Is it questionable when a custom prefix of a boot command-line parameter can
> not
> be mapped to a kernel module?
No.
In the systemd case we have to ensure that we never ever merge a module named
"sys
> You can do all parsing in user space too.
Is it questionable when a custom prefix of a boot command-line parameter can not
be mapped to a kernel module?
> But I'm sure it will not get merged.
Thanks for your feedback.
> All you need is a dummy module with a few module_param()s.
My ideas we
Markus,
Am 22.09.2013 21:51, schrieb Markus Elfring:
>> Why can't you use /proc/cmdline?
>
> Thanks for your suggestion.
>
>
>> (see parse_proc_cmdline())
>
> How do you think about reasons like the following?
>
> 1. I would prefer to avoid the repeated parsing of boot command-line
> paramet
> Why can't you use /proc/cmdline?
Thanks for your suggestion.
> (see parse_proc_cmdline())
How do you think about reasons like the following?
1. I would prefer to avoid the repeated parsing of boot command-line parameters
because the reuse of the kernel infrastructure should be better here.
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Markus Elfring wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I became interested in an use case where I want to pass customised data from
> the
> boot command-line to other user processes. I have read the available
> documentation in the way that kernel modules provide such a means to get
Hello,
I became interested in an use case where I want to pass customised data from the
boot command-line to other user processes. I have read the available
documentation in the way that kernel modules provide such a means to get
additional parameters recorded.
I have got the understanding that a
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