Re: [Nouveau] [PATCH] module parameters: permissions as defines, readable to everyone

2016-04-10 Thread Ilia Mirkin
On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 12:45 PM, poma wrote: > > For the purposes of the module parameters, > specifies the permissions of the corresponding files in sysfs in predefined > S_I* form rather than in octal notation. I definitely find octal *way* more readable for

[Nouveau] [PATCH] module parameters: permissions as defines, readable to everyone

2016-04-10 Thread poma
For the purposes of the module parameters, specifies the permissions of the corresponding files in sysfs in predefined S_I* form rather than in octal notation. Withal it makes the source code more consistent. Moreover, because all parameters are readable to everyone, it is more user-friendly.