Bug 487395

Summary:	enable runtime scanning of boot args during a module load
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit>
Component:	module-init-tools	Assignee:	Jon Masters <jcm>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	BaseOS QE <qe-baseos-auto>
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	5.4	CC:	ahecox, bhavna.sarathy, bmarson, bnagendr, dshaks, sghosh, syeghiay, tao
Target Milestone:	rc
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	This updated module-init-tools package provides an enhancement that enables module parameters to be read automatically from the kernel command line in the same fashion that built-in kernel modules are handled.(BZ#487395)	Story Points:	---
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Clones:	487520 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2009-09-02 11:27:37 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	487520

Description Prarit Bhargava 2009-02-25 19:53:31 UTC

Upstream allows one to specify boot line arguments to be passed into modules.

For example,

nohpet nopmtimer powernow_k8.tscsync=1

would pass the tscsync=1 argument into the powernow_k8 module, while nohpet and nopmtimer would be used by the kernel.

This would be very useful for RHEL5 and according to jcm ;), is a trivial patch.

Comment 10 Ryan Lerch 2009-08-09 23:17:22 UTC

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This updated module-init-tools package provides an enhancement that enables module parameters to be read automatically from the kernel command line in the same fashion that built-in kernel modules are handled.(BZ#487395)

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2009-09-02 11:27:37 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-1362.html