From: Adrian Bunk The change from __setup() to module_param_named() requires users to prefix the option with "generic.". This patch re-adds the __setup() additionally to the module_param_named(). Usually it would make sense getting rid of such an obsolete __setup() at some time, but considering that drivers/ide/ is slowly approaching a RIP status it's already implicitely scheduled for removal. This patch fixes kernel Bugzilla #7353. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Cc: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/ide/pci/generic.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/ide/pci/generic.c~drivers-ide-pci-genericc-re-add-the-__setupall-generic-ide drivers/ide/pci/generic.c --- a/drivers/ide/pci/generic.c~drivers-ide-pci-genericc-re-add-the-__setupall-generic-ide +++ a/drivers/ide/pci/generic.c @@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ static int ide_generic_all; /* Set to claim all devices */ +/* + * the module_param_named() was added for the modular case + * the __setup() is left as compatibility for existing setups + */ +#ifndef MODULE +static int __init ide_generic_all_on(char *unused) +{ + ide_generic_all = 1; + printk(KERN_INFO "IDE generic will claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers."); + return 1; +} +__setup("all-generic-ide", ide_generic_all_on); +#endif module_param_named(all_generic_ide, ide_generic_all, bool, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(all_generic_ide, "IDE generic will claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers."); _