linux.conf.au, January 2003
      PRACTICALITIES: Editing the Kernel

 	diff -urNp linux-2.5-bk/kernel/module.c working-2.5-bk-obsparm-symprefix/kernel/module.c
 	--- linux-2.5-bk/kernel/module.c	Fri Jan 10 10:55:43 2003
 	+++ working-2.5-bk-obsparm-symprefix/kernel/module.c	Mon Jan 13 14:35:01 2003
 	 	@@ -679,19 +679,19 @@ static int obsolete_params(const char *n
 	 	if (!kp)
 	 		return -ENOMEM;

 	 
 	-	DEBUGP("Module %s has %u obsolete params\n", name, num);
 	-	for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
 	-		DEBUGP("Param %i: %s type %s\n",
 	-		       num, obsparm[i].name, obsparm[i].type);
 	-
 	 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
 	+		char sym_name[128 + sizeof(MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX)];
 	+
 	+		snprintf(sym_name, sizeof(sym_name), "%s%s",
 	+			 MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX, obsparm[i].name);
 	+
 	 		kp[i].name = obsparm[i].name;
 	 		kp[i].perm = 000;
 	 		kp[i].set = set_obsolete;
 	 		kp[i].get = NULL;
 	 		obsparm[i].addr
 	 			= (void *)find_local_symbol(sechdrs, symindex, strtab,
 	-						    obsparm[i].name);
 	+						    sym_name);
 	 		if (!obsparm[i].addr) {
 	 			printk("%s: falsely claims to have parameter %s\n",
 	 			       name, obsparm[i].name);