From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: "Michael Walle" <michael@walle.cc>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 04/11] watchdog: add support for sl28cpld watchdog
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 19:04:45 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHp75VduUG=XkvyZwdZDNqBh3KE67MWZWgqBN67fN6StAa469w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200605150542.GA254229@roeck-us.net>
On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 6:05 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 05:09:11PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 06:52:00AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > On 6/5/20 3:50 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 1:24 PM Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc> wrote:
> > > >> Am 2020-06-05 10:14, schrieb Andy Shevchenko:
> > > >>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 12:14 AM Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc> wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > >>>> +static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
> > > >>>> +module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
> > > >>>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started
> > > >>>> (default="
> > > >>>> + __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT)
> > > >>>> ")");
> > > >>>> +
> > > >>>> +static int timeout;
> > > >>>> +module_param(timeout, int, 0);
> > > >>>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Initial watchdog timeout in seconds");
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Guenter ACKed this, but I'm wondering why we still need module
> > > >>> parameters...
> > > >>
> > > >> How would a user change the nowayout or the timeout? For the latter
> > > >> there is
> > > >> a device tree entry, but thats not easy changable by the user.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, it's more question to VIm and Guenter than to you.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Has support for providing module parameters with the kernel command line
> > > been discontinued/deprecated, or did it run out of favor ? Sorry if I
> > > missed that.
> >
> > Latter according to Greg KH. One of the (plenty) examples [1].
> >
> > [1]: https://www.mail-archive.com/driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org/msg96495.html
> >
> What is the suggested replacement ?
In some mails he suggested to use sysfs.
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-05 16:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-04 21:10 [PATCH v4 00/11] Add support for Kontron sl28cpld Michael Walle
2020-06-04 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 01/11] dt-bindings: mfd: Add bindings for sl28cpld Michael Walle
2020-06-09 16:28 ` Rob Herring
2020-06-04 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 02/11] mfd: Add support for Kontron sl28cpld management controller Michael Walle
2020-06-05 6:57 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-05 9:51 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-05 10:50 ` Mark Brown
2020-06-05 20:07 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-06 11:46 ` Mark Brown
2020-06-06 12:45 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-08 8:28 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-08 10:02 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-08 15:41 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-08 18:56 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-08 21:09 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-09 6:47 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-09 14:38 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-09 14:42 ` Mark Brown
2020-06-09 15:01 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-09 17:15 ` Rob Herring
2020-06-09 17:29 ` Mark Brown
2020-06-09 18:41 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-09 15:19 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-09 15:30 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-09 19:45 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-10 7:10 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-10 7:19 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-10 7:49 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-10 7:56 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-10 9:27 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-10 18:30 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-10 17:16 ` Rob Herring
2020-06-10 18:02 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-08 18:20 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-09 16:54 ` Rob Herring
2020-06-09 18:52 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-05 8:01 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-05 8:02 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-05 10:09 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-05 10:48 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-05 11:51 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-04 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 03/11] irqchip: add sl28cpld interrupt controller support Michael Walle
2020-06-05 1:26 ` kernel test robot
2020-06-05 8:07 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-08 15:12 ` kernel test robot
2020-06-04 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 04/11] watchdog: add support for sl28cpld watchdog Michael Walle
2020-06-05 8:14 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-05 10:24 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-05 10:50 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-05 13:52 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-05 14:09 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-05 15:05 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-05 16:04 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2020-06-05 16:34 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-04 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 05/11] pwm: add support for sl28cpld PWM controller Michael Walle
2020-06-05 8:15 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-05 8:49 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-05 9:33 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-05 11:39 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-05 18:17 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-08 7:46 ` Lee Jones
2020-06-04 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 06/11] gpio: add support for the sl28cpld GPIO controller Michael Walle
2020-06-05 12:00 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-05 12:42 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-05 13:15 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-05 18:44 ` Michael Walle
2020-06-05 21:19 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-04 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 07/11] hwmon: add support for the sl28cpld hardware monitoring controller Michael Walle
2020-06-05 12:06 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-06-04 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 08/11] arm64: dts: freescale: sl28: enable sl28cpld Michael Walle
2020-06-04 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 09/11] arm64: dts: freescale: sl28: map GPIOs to input events Michael Walle
2020-06-04 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 10/11] arm64: dts: freescale: sl28: enable LED support Michael Walle
2020-06-04 21:10 ` [PATCH v4 11/11] arm64: dts: freescale: sl28: enable fan support Michael Walle
2020-06-05 6:13 ` [PATCH v4 00/11] Add support for Kontron sl28cpld Lee Jones
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