Re: New rd.* namespace for dracut-008

[Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On 10/28/2010 06:55 PM, Steffen Maier wrote:
> Harald, thanks for the update.
> Just one quick question below.
>
> On 10/28/2010 05:17 PM, 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.
>>
>> Here is a list of options, which were used in dracut prior to
>> version 008, and their new replacement.
>
>> rd_CCW
>> rd.ccw
>
>> rd_DASD_MOD
>> rd.dasd_mod.dasd
>
> Is this a typo?
> I'm wondering why the new one is not just "rd.dasd_mod".
> Having a .dasd suffix is not necessary and users might mix it up with rd.dasd
> which has both syntax and semamtics differently.

because it's the "dasd" parameter of the dasd_mod module

one could specify it directly on the kernel command with "dasd_mod.dasd=", which 
would be honored by the module itsself. So I just added "rd." to indicate the 
sole use for the initramfs.

>
>> rd_DASD
>> rd.dasd
>
>> rd_NO_ZFCPCONF
>> rd.zfcp.conf=0
>>
>> rd_ZFCP
>> rd.zfcp
>
> Steffen
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