Hi,
I was looking at code that is used to parse the kernel comand line. I
found the __setup() macro, and that it uses the obs_kernel_param
struct.
What i understand is that if i need to pass an additional argument say
foo, like foo=...
then i do:
int bar(char *str)
{
...
...
}
__setup("foo=", bar);
Now, in init/main.c, the kernel calls parse_args(...). This however
calls parse_one(...) in kernel/params.c. It handles all the params and
then if it does not get a match calls unknown_bootoption() which calls
obs_checksetup() which handles the __setup() cases.
My question is this: what is the difference between these two
"conventions"? And how can i "register" using the new format?
TIA
rahul
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