Re: on command line namespace

grant@torque.net
Wed, 4 Aug 1999 08:36:26 -0400 (EDT)

> is it ok to use a command line syntax like
> driver.feature=value
> e.g. es1371.gameport=0x201 (or must it be 513 ?) ?
> Are there any plans to make information passed that way known to other drivers ?
> In the example given above IŽd like to pass this information to the joystick
> driver.

I did exactly this sort of thing with the PARIDE drivers (pd, pcd, pf, pg, pt)
a couple of years ago. I don't know if it has survived Linus' reorganisation
of the setup calls, but have a look at a 2.2 kernel to see how it was done.

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