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

[Keith Owens]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:56:38 +0100, 
Werner Almesberger <[e-mail]> 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 containing module parameters, or such), maybe you could
>make a patch for 2.4.x and wave it a little under Linus' nose. Maybe
>he likes the scent ;-)

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 rewrite makes it easy.