From: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel thoughts of a Linux user
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 05:04:24 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cnjuso$ukp$1@terminus.zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200411181859.27722.gjwucherpfennig@gmx.net
Followup to: <200411181859.27722.gjwucherpfennig@gmx.net>
By author: "Gerold J. Wucherpfennig" <gjwucherpfennig@gmx.net>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> - setting up kernel boot parameters with graphical tools is unreliable,
> because the system doesn't know which bootloader entry was chosen.
> One solution to this issue is to create a new kernel parameter "loaderhint"
> where the bootloader will be able to set the number of the chosen boot entry.
> In the configuration file of the bootloader this will have to be explicitly
> remarked e.g. ... loaderhint=%selection% ... . Unfortunately this could be
> circumvented, because it isn't mandatory and could be manipulated in the boot
> loader configuration. (Other/better suggestions are welcome)
>
Most boot loaders have an BOOT_IMAGE option visible in /proc/cmdline.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-19 5:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-18 17:59 Kernel thoughts of a Linux user Gerold J. Wucherpfennig
2004-11-18 18:50 ` Greg KH
2004-11-18 20:00 ` Tomas Carnecky
2004-11-18 20:46 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-11-18 20:52 ` Tomas Carnecky
2004-11-18 21:05 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-11-18 21:15 ` Chris Friesen
2004-11-18 21:17 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-11-18 21:29 ` Chris Friesen
2004-11-19 12:02 ` Paulo Marques
2004-11-19 12:05 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-11-20 2:14 ` Alan Cox
2004-11-22 8:07 ` Helge Hafting
2004-11-22 8:38 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-11-24 10:23 ` Helge Hafting
2004-11-22 11:17 ` Tomas Carnecky
2004-11-24 10:20 ` Helge Hafting
2004-11-24 11:31 ` Tomas Carnecky
2004-11-28 19:10 ` Helge Hafting
2004-11-19 5:04 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-11-20 10:31 Gerold J. Wucherpfennig
2004-11-21 18:29 ` Greg KH
2004-11-22 21:33 ` Gerold J. Wucherpfennig
2004-11-22 18:40 ` Greg KH
2004-11-22 18:52 ` Måns Rullgård
2004-11-22 9:54 Adam J. Richter
2004-11-22 14:54 Adam J. Richter
2004-11-22 20:21 ` Maneesh Soni
2004-11-22 15:32 Adam J. Richter
2004-12-14 18:02 Jan Engelhardt
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