Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly non-modular

[Daniel Lezcano]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:12:49PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:

[ ... ]

> > > We replace module.h with moduleparam.h since the file does declare
> > > some module parameters, and leaving them as such is currently the
> > > easiest way to remain compatible with existing boot arg use cases.
> > 
> > What about using __setup() ? so module* disappear from the file.
> 
> No, it can't be __setup since moduleparam uses an instance of the
> filename as a prefix to the boot arg, and __setup does not.  And we
> should stay compatible with existing boot arg use cases for people
> who have embedded such a setting in their grub config a long time
> ago and forgot it.  It would take looking at and likely extending the
> early_param macro to provide a syntax compatible instance of what
> the module_param currently does if I recall correctly -- hence the
> above comment in the commit log.

-module_param(max_cstate, int, 0444);
+static int __init max_cstate_param(char *str)
+{
+       max_cstate = simple_strtol(str, NULL, 0);
+       return 1;
+}
+__setup("intel_idle.max_cstate=", max_cstate_param);