[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] Rename debug_level to ipoib_debug_level

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at mellanox.co.il
Tue Feb 22 13:24:29 PST 2005


Quoting r. Roland Dreier <roland at topspin.com>:
> Subject: [PATCH] Rename debug_level to ipoib_debug_level
> 
> This renames the variable "debug_level" to "ipoib_debug_level" in the
> IPoIB module to avoid name clashes if IPoIB is built into the kernel.
> SDP has the same variable name so this fixes "allyesconfig" for now.
> module_param_named() is used to prevent the user-variable parameter
> name from changing.
> 
> Libor, on general principles SDP should probably make the same change
> to avoid polluting the namespace with generic names.
> 
>  - R.
> 

Yep, that's fixed in a patch I recently posted.

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MST - Michael S. Tsirkin



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