Re: what is the value of the macro "__setup_param"?

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On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 05:49:42AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Paul Mundt wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 05:19:29AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > >
> > >   perhaps i'm missing it, but it seems that the macro __setup_param is
> > > entirely superfluous:
> > >
> > > $ grep -rw __setup_param *
> > > include/linux/init.h:#define __setup_param(str, unique_id, fn, early)      \
> > > include/linux/init.h:   __setup_param(str, unique_id, NULL, 0)
> > > include/linux/init.h:   __setup_param(str, fn, fn, 0)
> > > include/linux/init.h:   __setup_param(str, fn, fn, 1)
> > > include/linux/init.h:#define __setup_param(str, unique_id, fn)  /* nothing */
> > > $
> > >
> > > or am i must misreading something badly?
> 
> > Superfluous how? It does different things depending on whether
> > MODULE is defined or not. It's a good indicator of how often people
> > use __setup_param() from module context though, given the complete
> > mismatch of parameters. It's probably worth fixing that up at least.
> 
> never mind, i've already clued in.  up too long, and trying to do too
> many things at once.  more sleep or more coffee -- time to make a
> decision.  sorry for the noise.
> 
That's great, but you've ignored the second part of my mail. I'll
summarize:

> > > include/linux/init.h:#define __setup_param(str, unique_id, fn, early)      \
> > > include/linux/init.h:#define __setup_param(str, unique_id, fn)  /* nothing */

Notice the problem now? :-)
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