Re: Passing argument to USB Storage driver

Am Dienstag, 8. Januar 2008 19:00:16 schrieb Kevin Lloyd:
> On Jan 8, 2008 9:43 AM, Oliver Neukum <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 8. Januar 2008 18:10:41 schrieb Kevin Lloyd:
> > > An acceptable solution would be to have the driver read settings from
> > > the file-system. Is there a standardized way to do this (and location
> > > for the files)?
> >
> > This is not an acceptable solution. Before you commit such a layering
> > violation, use a module parameter.
> >
> >         Regards
> >                 Oliver
> >
> >
> So my only option is to create a new module_param in the usb-storage

Yes.

> usb.c driver? Even if I #ifdef it it seems like little messy of a
> solution, are there any other suggestions?

No.
 
> WRT to the other solution you suggested against (file-system based), I
> know this is likely a dumb question, but is there not a way for
> drivers to read user space controlled settings (something analogous to
> the Windows registry)?

There is no such thing. Reading a file from a driver is anathema.

	Regards
		Oliver


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