[rtl] Passing parameters to Kernel modules in 2.2.xx

[Phil Daly]

I think I have found the answer (within the RTAI rt_cal CPU frequency
checking code). You used to be able to pass parameters as (ignoring all
the header stuff):

char *str;
int inp;
int init_module( void )
{
   /* test without type checking! */
   (void) printk("str=%s inp=%d\n",str,inp);
   /* return normally */
   return 0;
}
void cleanup_module( void) {}

Now, it appears that I must change the code to

const char *str;
const int inp;
MODULE_PARM(str,"s");     /* register parameter as a string */
MODULE_PARM(inp,"i");     /* register parameter as an int */

int init_module( void )
{
   /* test without type checking! */
   (void) printk("str=%s inp=%d\n",str,inp);
   /* return normally */
   return 0;
 }
void cleanup_module( void) {}

This works for me and gets rid of the unknown parameter error that stops 
the module from loading.


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