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From: Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: maximilian attems <max-U9r9yeDMy7A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: New rd.* namespace for dracut-008
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:53:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CC99C72.3010101@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101028154604.GA32323-VJknIhvjf2Ov8OlOgJ4AIV6hYfS7NtTn@public.gmane.org>

On 10/28/2010 05:46 PM, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 05:17:40PM +0200, Harald Hoyer wrote:
>> I cleaned up the kernel command line parameters and moved them to the
>> rd.* namespace. The deprecated options are supported until dracut-010 and
>> will be removed afterwards.
>>
>
> hmm as initramfs-tools hasn't cleaned up it's namespace yet,
> this is a good point to jump in ask more details:
>
> * what does rd stand for?

"rd" was chosen because we already have "rdinit=" as a kernel parameter

>
> * is it envisaged to be used by other tools
>    (or should initramfs-tools use it.break)?

Hm, if we can define common kernel command line parameters, that would make the 
user's life easier.

>
> I'd appreciated more info on the background of this move as
> it can't be painless.
>
> thanks.
>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-10-28 15:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-28 15:17 New rd.* namespace for dracut-008 Harald Hoyer
     [not found] ` <4CC99414.5060607-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-28 15:46   ` maximilian attems
     [not found]     ` <20101028154604.GA32323-VJknIhvjf2Ov8OlOgJ4AIV6hYfS7NtTn@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-28 15:53       ` Harald Hoyer [this message]
2010-10-28 16:55   ` Steffen Maier
     [not found]     ` <4CC9AB0E.2040604-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-28 17:05       ` Harald Hoyer
     [not found]         ` <4CC9AD55.7010104-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-28 17:40           ` Bill Nottingham
     [not found]             ` <20101028174048.GA2367-Zdt1ptygihhQcNjhGXsBABcY2uh10dtjAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-29  8:18               ` Harald Hoyer
2010-10-28 17:41   ` Bill Nottingham
     [not found]     ` <20101028174147.GB2367-Zdt1ptygihhQcNjhGXsBABcY2uh10dtjAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-29  8:17       ` Harald Hoyer

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