Slight correction for LWN 5 December 2002

Hi guys,

	I'm way behind in reading LWN, but I came across this from two
weeks ago:

> Then, there is the little problem that module parameters do not
> work. Rusty Russell has been working on this issue for a while, and
> has produced several sets of patches, none of which have been merged
> as of this writing.

That's not really true: I've been working on the userspace tools
mainly.  The parameter patch (surely a core part of module
functionality!) was submitted with the original module rewrite, and
supported even for the very first release of the new userspace
utilities.

The patch was retransmitted several times before Linus asked for a
namechange of the new "unified" parameters (on which the old-style
MODULE_PARM macros are rebuilt).  Then it was retransmitted several
times more (there were two trivial fixes along the way).  It finally
went in just before 2.5.52 was released.

Why did it take so long?  The most likely reason, I think, is simply
that Linus doesn't use modules.

I would like to thank those who *have* reported bugs to me, most of
which were trivial and easily fixed (or already fixed, and pending
inclusion by Linus).

Hope that clarifies!
Rusty.
--
  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.