netdev - Re: [PATCH v12 03/10] netdev: cavium: octeon: Add Octeon III BGX Ethernet Nexus

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Date:   Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:41:56 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     "Steven J. Hill" <steven.hill@...ium.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Carlos Munoz <cmunoz@...ium.com>,
        Chandrakala Chavva <cchavva@...iumnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 03/10] netdev: cavium: octeon: Add Octeon III BGX
 Ethernet Nexus

> +static char *mix_port;
> +module_param(mix_port, charp, 0444);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(mix_port, "Specifies which ports connect to MIX interfaces.");
> +
> +static char *pki_port;
> +module_param(pki_port, charp, 0444);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(pki_port, "Specifies which ports connect to the PKI.");

Module parameters are generally not liked. Can you do without them?

> +		/* One time request driver module */
> +		if (is_mix) {
> +			if (atomic_cmpxchg(&request_mgmt_once, 0, 1) == 0)
> +				request_module_nowait("octeon_mgmt");

Why is this needed? So long as the driver has the needed properties,
udev should load the module.

     Andrew