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From:   Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To:     David Daney <ddaney.cavm@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: OCTEON: Remove special case for simulator command
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On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 03:44:24PM -0700, David Daney wrote:

> From: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
> 
> There is no reason to have the kernel to append commands when running
> under the simulator, the simulator is perfectly capable of supplying
> the necessary command line arguments.  Furthermore, if the simulator
> needs something different than what is hard coded in the kernel, it
> cannot get it if the kernel overrides it.
> 
> Fix/Simplify the whole thing by removing this bit.

And various other platforms have the same issue, usually due to the lack
of a mechanism to pass a command line.  I can see why this may be
necessary as a stop gap - but it's still a horrible, horrible solution.

Applied,

  Ralf