how exactly is "__setup()" deprecated?

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

  reading an embedded linux book, which claims that the __setup()
macro for defining boot-time command-line parameters is deprecated.  i
realize that, if you have code that can be modular, then you should be
defining parameters using module_param().

  but if it's a fundamental command-line parameter (ie., not possibly
modular), how else would you define it other than with ___setup()?  or
am i missing something obvious?

rday
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