Was looking at implementing "core_param" for things like
"initcall_debug" (ie. params with no prefix), and wanted to put them in
sysfs of course. I hacked in a new "kernel" dir, but
/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ is a bit of an odd place for it to end up
in.
I noticed this comment in params.c:
* /sys/module/[mod->name]/parameters to /sys/parameters/[mod->name]/
I like the idea of /sys/parameters/ much better (perhaps even with core
parameters at the top level). Is this obsolete? Planned?
Did I write that comment? I sure don't remember it, sorry :)
I don't have any plans on changing this, but I do know people use the
/sys/module/MODULE_NAME/parameters interface today, why change it?
Well mainly that many of them aren't modules, so if a change was planned for
some other reason I'd support it.
And as I said, having core parameters (ie. converting things which are current
__setup) appear in /sys/module/kernel/parameters/ is a bit strange.