Re: [PATCH] hid-core: Configurable USB HID Mouse Interrupt PollingInterval

From: Randy.Dunlap
Date: Mon Feb 07 2005 - 12:23:30 EST


Domen Puncer wrote:
On 07/02/05 07:59 -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:

+static unsigned int hid_mousepoll_interval;
+module_param_named(mousepoll, hid_mousepoll_interval, uint, 0644);

Why is it writable by root? IOW, will writing a new value to it
change the operational value dynamically?

Also, from the kernel-parameters.txt patch:
+ usbhid.mousepoll=
+ [USBHID] The interval at wich mice are to be polled at.

(a) "which"
(b) drop one of the "at"s... either one.


Is listing module parameters in kernel-parameters.txt the right thing
to do? (There are lots of them, not many are listed)

It's currently the right thing to do, but some automated overhaul
sure would make sense.

I see some options that might be better:
- Kconfig magic which extracts module_param* and MODULE_PARM_DESC from
sources and appends them to help text.
- a userspace script, that goes trough all modules and generates
kernel-module-parameters.txt for example.
- modinfo like tool (but i think it would require source or descriptions
compiled in kernel)

--
~Randy
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