On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Gadiyar, Anand wrote: > Hi all, > > static unsigned pattern = 0; > module_param (pattern, uint, S_IRUGO); > MODULE_PARM_DESC(pattern, "i/o pattern (0 == zeroes)"); > > In drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c, is there any reason the module > parameter "pattern" is read-only? I imagine it is read-only because you'd get into trouble if the value was changed while a test was running. > Is it okay to submit a patch making it writeable at run-time? You should ask the driver's author: David Brownell. Probably a safe way to change it would be to copy the value at the beginning of a test and then use that copied value throughout the test. Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
