Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 52/52] xen: make some console related parameters settable at runtime

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 14.08.17 at 09:08, <jgross@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- a/xen/drivers/char/console.c
> +++ b/xen/drivers/char/console.c
> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ string_param("console", opt_console);
>  /*         boots. Any other value, or omitting the char, enables auto-switch 
> */
>  static unsigned char __read_mostly opt_conswitch[3] = "a";
>  string_param("conswitch", opt_conswitch);
> +string_param_runtime("conswitch", opt_conswitch);

Do you envision parameters which can only be set at runtime?
Otherwise, to avoid the two going out of sync (as well as the
redundancy) wouldn't it make sense for xyz_param_runtime()
to do what it does now _and_ invoke xyz_param()?

Jan


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