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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 08:05:42 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> To: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> Cc: Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>, "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>, devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm Mailing List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>, Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 04/11] watchdog: add support for sl28cpld watchdog On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 05:09:11PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 06:52:00AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > On 6/5/20 3:50 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 1:24 PM Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc> wrote: > > >> Am 2020-06-05 10:14, schrieb Andy Shevchenko: > > >>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 12:14 AM Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc> wrote: > > ... > > > >>>> +static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT; > > >>>> +module_param(nowayout, bool, 0); > > >>>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started > > >>>> (default=" > > >>>> + __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) > > >>>> ")"); > > >>>> + > > >>>> +static int timeout; > > >>>> +module_param(timeout, int, 0); > > >>>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Initial watchdog timeout in seconds"); > > >>> > > >>> Guenter ACKed this, but I'm wondering why we still need module > > >>> parameters... > > >> > > >> How would a user change the nowayout or the timeout? For the latter > > >> there is > > >> a device tree entry, but thats not easy changable by the user. > > > > > > Yes, it's more question to VIm and Guenter than to you. > > > > > > > Has support for providing module parameters with the kernel command line > > been discontinued/deprecated, or did it run out of favor ? Sorry if I > > missed that. > > Latter according to Greg KH. One of the (plenty) examples [1]. > > [1]: https://www.mail-archive.com/driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org/msg96495.html > What is the suggested replacement ? Guenter
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