Bug#398948: i810fb not available at boot-time if compiled as a module

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 08:11:50PM +0000, TJ wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 11:21 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 
> > The argument handling is done differently for the modular case; elsewhere in
> > the file you'll find module_param macros for that purpose.
> > 
> 
> In that case (compiled as a module) the i810fb driver uses
> module_param(). 
> 
> One of the circumstances that this bug discusses is the driver being
> loaded as a module with command-line options by the boot-loader.
> 
> My observations suggest that in the case of a module the boot-time
> command-line isn't being used, for whatever reason.
> I'm trying to determine at what point in the boot process the driver
> module is loaded, and where/how the options are being passed to it.
> 
> A reference to a kernel source file where that occurs would assist me
> tremendously.

The options are passed to it by modprobe, based on command-line parameters
and its configuration files, either in early userspace (initramfs) or from
an init script.

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 - mdz