[Linux-parport] Re: [PATCH] parport_pc MODULE_PARM fix

[Jonathan McDowell]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 09:44:03AM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> > ps2, epp, ecp or ecpepp)");
> >-MODULE_PARM(init_mode, "s");
> >+module_param_string(init_mode, init_mode, 7, 0);
> > #endif
> I think that it should be:
> 
> module_param(init_mode, charp, 0);
> 
> and leave 'init_mode' as a char *, not a char array.
> 
> Can you test that change and resubmit the patch (if it works :) ?

Even better; that does the trick too. Extremely trivial patch below.

Signed-Off-By: Jonathan McDowell <noodles at earth.li>

-----
--- drivers/parport/parport_pc.c.orig	2004-12-06 17:44:08.000000000 +0000
+++ drivers/parport/parport_pc.c	2004-12-06 18:18:43.000000000 +0000
@@ -3157,7 +3157,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
 static int __init parport_init_mode_setup(char *str)
 {
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "parport_pc.c: Specified parameter parport_init_mode=%s\n", str);
+	DPRINTK(KERN_DEBUG "parport_pc.c: Specified parameter parport_init_mode=%s\n", str);
 
 	if (!strcmp (str, "spp"))
 		parport_init_mode=1;
@@ -3193,7 +3193,7 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(init_mode, "Initialise mode for VIA VT8231 port (spp, ps2, epp, ecp or ecpepp)");
-MODULE_PARM(init_mode, "s");
+module_param(init_mode, charp, 0);
 #endif
 
 static int __init parse_parport_params(void)
-----

J.

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