Re: Possible bug in insmod or the kernel?

[andrew hendry <andrew.hendry@gmail.com>]

have a look around kernel/params.c
/* You can use " around spaces, but can't escape ". */
/* Hyphens and underscores equivalent in parameter names. */
static char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, char **val)

Your printks are probably showing the single quotes? probably not what
you want in your name

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Larry Homes <larr.homes@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am very new to kernel development and I was playing around with
> making modules. I found I could not retrieve commandline parameters in
> the module if the parameter has whitespace in it. I thought it was my
> lack of knowledge that was causing the error (and I still do
> honestly), but I made a forum post here
> http://forum.kernelnewbies.org/read.php?17,1354 regarding the issue,
> and someone suggested it may be a bug and I should post on LKML.
>
> The forum post shows example code to demonstrate the issue. I am using
> archlinux and the latest kernel. I am not sure what other information
> you need, so feel free to ask for anything.
>
>
> Thanks
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