On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 02:16:22PM +0900, NAHieu wrote: > But why they call this "obsolete"? That means it will be removed in > the future? (for me that is the meaning of "obsolete" ) It's obsolete since module_param, which will handle both cases correctly. It will create a boot parameter if compiled into the kernel or a module parameter to be passed at insertion. See also - kernel/params.c: parse_args - init/main.c: start_kernel - kernel/module.c: load_module Clemens -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/