Re: [KJ] [PATCH] floppy: change MODULE_PARM to module_param in drivers/block/floppy.c

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Sat Oct 30 2004 - 13:09:02 EST


On Saturday 30 October 2004 11:20 am, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> james4765@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Replace MODULE_PARM with module_param in drivers/block/floppy.c. Compile tested.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: James Nelson <james4765@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > diff -urN --exclude='*~' linux-2.6.9-original/drivers/block/floppy.c linux-2.6.9/drivers/block/floppy.c
> > --- linux-2.6.9-original/drivers/block/floppy.c 2004-10-18 17:53:22.000000000 -0400
> > +++ linux-2.6.9/drivers/block/floppy.c 2004-10-30 09:16:04.856720081 -0400
> > @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
> > #include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
> > #include <linux/device.h>
> > #include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* for invalidate_buffers() */
> > +#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
> >
> > /*
> > * PS/2 floppies have much slower step rates than regular floppies.
> > @@ -4623,9 +4624,9 @@
> > wait_for_completion(&device_release);
> > }
> >
> > -MODULE_PARM(floppy, "s");
> > -MODULE_PARM(FLOPPY_IRQ, "i");
> > -MODULE_PARM(FLOPPY_DMA, "i");
> > +module_param(floppy, charp, 0);
> > +module_param(FLOPPY_IRQ, int, 0);
> > +module_param(FLOPPY_DMA, int, 0);
> > MODULE_AUTHOR("Alain L. Knaff");
> > MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE("fd");
> > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>
> Please check Andrew's 2.6.10-rc1-mm2 for a large MODULE_PARAM
> patch, and then convert drivers that are not yet converted...
>
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.10-rc1/2.6.10-rc1-mm2/broken-out/convert-module_parm-to-module_param-family.patch
>

Actually it would be nice if drivers were converted "intelligently"
instead of basic find-and-replace - I really find parameter names
like floppy.floppy= or floppy.floppy_dma= ugly.

--
Dmitry
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