linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [WATCHDOG] Fix kdump when using hpwdt

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Message-ID: <20081027225233.34758cda@kopernikus.site>
Date:	Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:52:33 +0100
From:	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
To:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
Cc:	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Mingarelli <thomas.mingarelli@...com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [WATCHDOG] Fix kdump when using hpwdt

Hi Wim,

* Wim Van Sebroeck [2008-10-27 20:30]:

> > -module_param(allow_kdump, int, 0);
> > +module_param(allow_kdump, int, 1);
> >  MODULE_PARM_DESC(allow_kdump, "Start a kernel dump after NMI occurs");
> 
> the syntax is: #define module_param(name, type, perm)
> perm sets the visibility in sysfs: 000 means it's not there,
> read bits mean it's readable, write bits mean it's writable.
> 
> perm is not the default value for the integer but a file permission attribute.

Yeah, thanks for spotting that. I was a bit in hurry while creating the
patch ...

I'll come up with an updated patch with the suggestions from Vivek.
Probably tomorrow.


Regards,
Bernhard
-- 
Bernhard Walle, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Architecture Development
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