From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Jan Janak <J.Janak@sh.cvut.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: User/kernelspace stuff to set/get kernel variables
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:58:05 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011213165805.F8007@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011213155532Z284289-18284+114@vger.kernel.org> <20011213172037.B22634@devitka.sh.cvut.cz>
In-Reply-To: <20011213172037.B22634@devitka.sh.cvut.cz>; from J.Janak@sh.cvut.cz on Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 05:20:37PM +0100
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 05:20:37PM +0100, Jan Janak wrote:
> If you pass a parameter that is not recognized by the kernel, it will be
> passed to init as environment variable, so all you need to do is check
> for the variable in your init scripts ($network in your example).
IIRC, Red Hat scripts grab them from /proc/cmdline
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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-12-13 16:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-13 15:54 User/kernelspace stuff to set/get kernel variables DevilKin
2001-12-13 16:03 ` Daniel Freedman
2001-12-13 16:07 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-12-13 16:11 ` Yann E. MORIN
2001-12-13 16:20 ` Jan Janak
2001-12-13 16:58 ` Russell King [this message]
2001-12-13 19:48 ` Jan Janak
2001-12-13 20:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
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