Re: New rd.* namespace for dracut-008

[Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@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.
>