netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/1] mlx4: mlx4

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Message-Id: <20140428.155900.1619506417111671946.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:59:00 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	clsoto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] mlx4: mlx4_core failed to load

From: clsoto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:33:30 -0500

> This is for a case where mlx4_core fails to load.

You cannot just will-nilly delete module parameters that you decide
you don't want to support any more.

Once you add a module parameter, you are stuck with it forever once
it makes it into a released kernel.  It is a user visible interface.

I'm not applying this patch, you have to actually fix the bug rather
then wholesale remove the facility altogether.
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