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From: Stefan Sperling <stefan@binarchy.net>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] convert airo wireless driver to module_param
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 22:56:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041109225609.GA11279@dice.seeling33.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041109212957.GA9496@dice.seeling33.de>

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On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 02:29:07PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> >I'll try again and make everything invisible except debug/verbosity flags.
> >Since you mentioned bitmasks, is it safe to make irq bitmasks writable as 
> >well?
> >I made them read-only.
> 
> I mentioned bitmasks because some debug variables aren't boolean,
> they are bit flags, or sometimes they are an integer (debug level).

Oops, I misread that one, sorry.
I only found IRQ bitmasks among the parameters, thus I mixed that up...

> No, I don't think that irq bitmasks should be writeable.
> Having any system reource data writeable (like IRQ) is asking for
> trouble IMO.

no way! ;-)

thanks
stefan
-- 
Give me a fish and I will eat today.
Teach me to fish and I will eat forever.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-11-09 22:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-09 21:29 [KJ] [PATCH] convert airo wireless driver to module_param Stefan Sperling
2004-11-09 21:38 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-11-09 22:05 ` Stefan Sperling
2004-11-09 22:21 ` Stefan Sperling
2004-11-09 22:28 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-11-09 22:29 ` Greg KH
2004-11-09 22:29 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-11-09 22:56 ` Stefan Sperling [this message]
2004-11-09 22:58 ` Stefan Sperling
2004-11-09 23:16 ` Stefan Sperling

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