-static unsigned int flushtimeout = 10 * HZ;
-MODULE_PARM(flushtimeout, "i");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(flushtimeout, "buffer flush timeout");
+static unsigned int flushtimeout = 10;
+module_param(flushtimeout, int, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(flushtimeout, "buffer flush timeout (hundredths of a second)");