Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86: mtrr_cleanup update command line

[Randy Dunlap]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:59:49 -0700 Yinghai Lu wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:41 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >>>
> >>> E.g., the "apic" entries are not grouped together and these mtrr entries
> >>> should
> >>> not be grouped together unless they all begin with "mtrr", which is an
> >>> option here:
> >>> they could be renamed to "mtrr-cleanup" and "mtrr-nocleanup".
> >>> And "disable_mtrr_trim" could be renamed to "mtrr-notrim".
> >>>
> >>
> >> That does collide with the (not always kept) convention of prefixing "no" to
> >> disable a boolean option, though.
> >>
> >
> > it seems should group them and then provide one index section...
> >
> or
> 1. put all description in .c files
> 2. have one scripts to search early_param and __setup and create that
> kernel_parameter...

Here's a script that can be used as a starting point if someone wants to:
  http://www.xenotime.net/linux/scripts/module-params

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~Randy
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