Re: Whats in the wings for 2.5 (when it opens)

[Crutcher Dunnavant]

++ 23/09/01 00:44 +1000 - Keith Owens:
> On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:31:00 -0400, 
> Crutcher Dunnavant <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >++ 22/09/01 12:59 +1000 - Keith Owens:
> >> Post kbuild 2.5 I will be writing a generic parameter/command line
> >> interface so you can insmod foo bar=99 or boot with foo.bar=99.  You
> >> will even be able to boot with foo.bar=99 when foo is a module, insmod
> >> will use the command line as a default set of values.
> >
> >Well, that certainly is clean. How deep does it go?
> 
> One level, flat.  Module names must be unique, -DKBUILD_OBJECT runs off
> module names.

Yes, but can module names contain periods? If they can, then there can
be a notional heirarchy, and that's really all that's needed.

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