module_param( byte ... ) missing?

Rusty,

using the "byte"-datatype as module parameter throws a compile error. Other than stated in the comment of the headerfile <linux/moduleparam.h>

	/* Helper functions: type is byte, short, ushort, int, uint, long,
	   ulong, charp, bool or invbool, or XXX if you define param_get_XXX,
	   param_set_XXX and param_check_XXX. */
	#define module_param_named(name, value, type, perm)
	...

the datatype _byte_ seems not be implemented.
Have you dropped it intentionally?

Juergen.

In message <[email protected]> you write:

No, just not implemented; the comment is overzealous.

Of course, you can implement byte in two ways: you can do it in your own module (effectively a private type), or in kernel/params.c. I'd prefer the former, and if lots of modules use it, we move it to kernel/params.c.

Hope that clarifies,
Rusty.
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