From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751314AbXBZLzg (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:55:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751317AbXBZLzg (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:55:36 -0500 Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([131.228.20.170]:21087 "EHLO mgw-ext11.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751310AbXBZLzf convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:55:35 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/44 take 2] [UBI] startup code From: Artem Bityutskiy Reply-To: dedekind@infradead.org To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Frank Haverkamp , Thomas Gleixner , David Woodhouse , Josh Boyer , rusty@rustcorp.com.au In-Reply-To: <20070225055828.GC9137@infradead.org> References: <20070217165424.5845.4390.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> <20070217165454.5845.30875.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> <20070219105927.GB16930@infradead.org> <1171976456.4039.21.camel@sauron> <20070225055828.GC9137@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:54:24 +0200 Message-Id: <1172490864.4039.103.camel@sauron> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 (2.8.3-1.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Feb 2007 11:54:24.0475 (UTC) FILETIME=[DC09D2B0:01C7599C] X-Nokia-AV: Clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 05:58 +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > because this type of compount interface is really painful for the user. > the module.param=foo syntax makes sure paramaters can be used without > endless documentation for each and every single of them, and makes > sure module writers don't introduce bugs in their own parser reimplementations. I stand that without the use this function the interface is much worse. I will be grateful if you advice something better. -- Best regards, Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)