linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] params: make dashes and underscores in parameter names truly equal

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Message-ID: <87r529adod.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:30:18 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] params: make dashes and underscores in parameter names truly equal

On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:01:00 -0700, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> wrote:
> Well, that could have just been my misunderstanding, but I think that this
> patch is the right thing to do.  Thanks.

It does two things:
1) It fixes early_params to be case-insensitive.  Good.
2) It fixes the (obsolete) __setup() to be case-insensitive.

We should finally get rid of __setup, then we wouldn't need the second
part.

Cheers,
Rusty.

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