On Sun, 9 Sep 2007, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 02:19:44AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > > index b41cde3..318b284 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > > @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file > > See drivers/char/README.epca and > > Documentation/digiepca.txt. > > > > - dmascc= [HW,AX25,SERIAL] AX.25 Z80SCC driver with DMA > > + dmascc.io= [HW,AX25,SERIAL] AX.25 Z80SCC driver with DMA > > support available. > > Format: <io_dev0>[,<io_dev1>[,..<io_dev32>]] > > > > It's not clear to me that this should be mentioned in > kernel-parameters.txt. Many, many drivers have options which could > be mentioned in kernel-parameters.txt, and yet are not. i agree absolutely. i was just correcting an obvious mistake. tossing it entirely from that file would suit me just as well. > > diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig b/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig > > index 36d2c7d..62d5d5c 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig > > +++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig > > @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ config DMASCC > > dmascc. If you don't pass any parameter to the driver, all > > possible I/O addresses are probed. This could irritate other devices > > that are currently not in use. You may specify the list of addresses > > - to be probed by "dmascc=addr1,addr2,..." (when compiled into the > > + to be probed by "dmascc.io=addr1,addr2,..." (when compiled into the > > kernel image) or "io=addr1,addr2,..." (when loaded as a module). The > > network interfaces will be called dmascc0 and dmascc1 for the board > > detected first, dmascc2 and dmascc3 for the second one, and so on. > > Makes sense to mention it in the Kconfig text here though. again, agreed. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
