From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
I8K: Switch to using module_param, allow switching 'power_status' through
sysfs.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
---
25-akpm/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++++++
25-akpm/drivers/char/i8k.c | 16 +++++++++-------
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~export-power_status-parameter-through-sysfs Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
--- 25/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~export-power_status-parameter-through-sysfs Wed Oct 27 15:38:23 2004
+++ 25-akpm/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Wed Oct 27 15:38:23 2004
@@ -490,6 +490,14 @@ running once the system is up.
i810= [HW,DRM]
+ i8k.force [HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
+ does not match list of supported models.
+ i8k.power_status
+ [HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
+ (disabled by default)
+ i8k.restricted [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
+ capability is set.
+
ibmmcascsi= [HW,MCA,SCSI] IBM MicroChannel SCSI adapter
See Documentation/mca.txt.
diff -puN drivers/char/i8k.c~export-power_status-parameter-through-sysfs drivers/char/i8k.c
--- 25/drivers/char/i8k.c~export-power_status-parameter-through-sysfs Wed Oct 27 15:38:23 2004
+++ 25-akpm/drivers/char/i8k.c Wed Oct 27 15:38:23 2004
@@ -65,18 +65,20 @@ static char product_name [48] = "?";
static char bios_version [4] = "?";
static char serial_number[16] = "?";
-static int force = 0;
-static int restricted = 0;
-static int power_status = 0;
-
MODULE_AUTHOR("Massimo Dal Zotto (dz@debian.org)");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for accessing SMM BIOS on Dell laptops");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_PARM(force, "i");
-MODULE_PARM(restricted, "i");
-MODULE_PARM(power_status, "i");
+
+static int force;
+module_param(force, bool, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(force, "Force loading without checking for supported models");
+
+static int restricted;
+module_param(restricted, bool, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(restricted, "Allow fan control if SYS_ADMIN capability set");
+
+static int power_status;
+module_param(power_status, bool, 600);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(power_status, "Report power status in /proc/i8k");
static ssize_t i8k_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
_