Re: [PATCH] pm2fb: change option mode to mode_option
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2008-02-14 21:57:34
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2008-02-14 21:57:34
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:52:13 +0100 Krzysztof Helt [off-list ref] wrote:
From: Krzysztof Helt <redacted> This patch changes the option "mode_option" into "mode". ... -module_param(mode, charp, 0); -MODULE_PARM_DESC(mode, "Preferred video mode e.g. '648x480-8@60'"); +module_param(mode_option, charp, 0); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(mode_option, "Initial video mode e.g. '648x480-8@60'"); module_param(lowhsync, bool, 0); MODULE_PARM_DESC(lowhsync, "Force horizontal sync low regardless of mode"); module_param(lowvsync, bool, 0);
But it's not backward compatible. We'll break people's setups. Not _much_, and we can probably live with it. But surely it'd be pretty simple to retain the old option as well? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/