[PATCH] [WATCHDOG] Fix kdump when using hpwdt
Bernhard Walle
bwalle at suse.de
Mon Oct 27 17:52:33 EDT 2008
Hi Wim,
* Wim Van Sebroeck [2008-10-27 20:30]:
> > -module_param(allow_kdump, int, 0);
> > +module_param(allow_kdump, int, 1);
> > MODULE_PARM_DESC(allow_kdump, "Start a kernel dump after NMI occurs");
>
> the syntax is: #define module_param(name, type, perm)
> perm sets the visibility in sysfs: 000 means it's not there,
> read bits mean it's readable, write bits mean it's writable.
>
> perm is not the default value for the integer but a file permission attribute.
Yeah, thanks for spotting that. I was a bit in hurry while creating the
patch ...
I'll come up with an updated patch with the suggestions from Vivek.
Probably tomorrow.
Regards,
Bernhard
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