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From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
To: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>, gregkh <greg@kroah.com>,
	linux-next@vger.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for August 14 (sysfs/acpi errors)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:57:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48A64235.2030108@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1218854219.3629.30.camel@lgn.site>


>> Extract is:
>>
>> XXX adding modparam:'acpi.power_nocheck' 34 (ffffffff806a4cf0)
> ...
>> XXX adding modparam:'acpi.acpica_version' 45 (ffffffff806a4ea8)
> 
> Two different "modules" use the same prefix, which does not work with
> the current logic, they need to live next to each other in the sequence
> of options.

Sequence of options being defined by link order?

> This adds a new option:
>   http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfr/linux-next.git;a=commitdiff;h=1382827e93799ec07790849e361267993cfe549e
> which specifies MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX="acpi." in:
>   drivers/acpi/power.c
> In the same way as:
>   drivers/acpi/system.c
> 
> Seems, two different modules should not declare parameters in different
> locations, and use the same MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX.

That seems bogus to me. Assuming we have some code in a module and then split
it out into two different modules. Or move an option from one file to another.
Would we need to change the option name then?

I think the generic params code should be fixed to handle this.

-Andi

  reply	other threads:[~2008-08-16  2:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-14  7:29 linux-next: Tree for August 14 Stephen Rothwell
2008-08-14  9:16 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-08-14 15:34 ` linux-next: Tree for August 14 (bug: cciss) Randy Dunlap
2008-08-14 15:38 ` linux-next: Tree for August 14 (sysfs/acpi errors) Randy Dunlap
2008-08-14 15:44   ` Greg KH
2008-08-15  2:56     ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-15  3:09       ` Zhang Rui
2008-08-15  3:11         ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-15  2:41   ` Zhang Rui
2008-08-15  2:46     ` Randy Dunlap
2008-08-15 11:27   ` Kay Sievers
2008-08-15 15:58     ` Randy Dunlap
2008-08-16  2:36       ` Kay Sievers
2008-08-16  2:57         ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2008-08-16  3:19           ` Kay Sievers
2008-08-16  3:48             ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-16  4:47               ` Greg KH
2008-08-17  2:30                 ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-17  3:40                   ` Greg KH
2008-08-17  3:53                     ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-18  3:48                       ` Greg KH
2008-08-18  9:43                         ` Rusty Russell
2008-08-18 10:58                           ` Kay Sievers
2008-08-17  5:13                   ` Rusty Russell
2008-09-24  7:59                     ` Len Brown
2008-09-25  2:39                       ` Rusty Russell
2008-08-16  3:47           ` Rusty Russell
2008-08-16  3:49             ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-16  5:25             ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-08-16  5:56               ` Rusty Russell

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