Re: [PATCH 09/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/i2c/

[One Thousand Gnomes]

O> > > Suggested-by: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
> > 
> > I know this is only a Suggested-by and not a Signed-off-by, but still I
> > believe the Developer's Certificate of Origin applies, and it says:
> > "using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous
> > contributions.)"  
> 
> I asked him what he prefers - but no response.


I didn't see that question but "Alan Cox" is probably saner - the
thousand gnomes is an old Linus joke 8)
 
> > i2c-piix4.c:module_param (force, int, 0);
> > i2c-sis630.c:module_param(force, bool, 0);
> > i2c-viapro.c:module_param(force, bool, 0);  
> 
> I don't know either.  One could argue it *should* be locked down because its
> need appears to reflect a BIOS bug.

And none of those should show up in that usage form on a box new enough
to have EFI secure boot. Those that do have i2c busses will report them
via ACPI by that period.

Alan