From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CONSOLE_LP_STRICT Kconfig option
Date: 14 Feb 2006 15:59:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p731wy63s0j.fsf@verdi.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43F1ED62.4050609@gmail.com>
Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz@gmail.com> writes:
> This patch, built against kernel version 2.6.16-rc3, provides a
> Kconfig option in order to easily enable or disable CONSOLE_LP_STRICT
> variable in drivers/char/lp.c without modifying it directly.
This shouldn't be a CONFIG. This should be a runtime option.
It's ridiculous to have to recompile your kernel just to fix some
problem with your printer.
e.g. sysctl, ioctl, sysfs entry, module parameter. Whatever is en
vogue these days. Easiest would be probably a module_param().
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-14 15:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-14 14:46 Luca Falavigna
2006-02-14 14:59 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2006-02-15 9:03 ` Luca Falavigna
2006-04-11 22:17 ` Randy.Dunlap
[not found] ` <ff1cadb20604121153k6552ea84maf58b44869412f2@mail.gmail.com>
2006-04-12 19:09 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-04-13 22:45 ` Luca Falavigna
2006-02-14 21:05 Luca Falavigna
2006-02-15 3:33 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-02-15 8:29 ` Luca Falavigna
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