On Monday 01 June 2009 15:06:51 Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 08:59:29 -0400 > Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > > drivers? I mean instead of having 2 module params. > > No because the modules have different names so it will always be > ide_core.something and libata.something Moreover "nohpa" is a per-device setting while "ignore_hpa" is a global one. > Bartlomiej - thinking about this I question "nohpa=" because we get into > unneccessary negatives ide_core.hpa= is one less inversion to figure out. Actually in case of "nohpa" there are no unnecessary negatives because it is really meant for disabling Host Protected Area only and sticking with the current name allows us to use IDE's module parameters infrastructure without adding some extra code/complexity. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
