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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
Cc: Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>,
	linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-embedded <linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bootup: Add built-in kernel command line for x86
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:03:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <489A2DCD.8020804@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <489A2D0F.2070102@am.sony.com>

Tim Bird wrote:
> 
>> CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE is probably more palatable to other architectures.
> 
> I'd be OK implementing it with an option, rather than a magic char.
> I was trying to avoid adding too many options, since many kernel
> developers prefer fewer options where possible.  But the magic
> char makes the code less straightforward.
> 
> If we ever move towards supporting both prefix and suffice splicing (or
> even complicated in-the-middle splicing), then the magic char is
> easier to develop into that.  But so far, I can only come up with
> reasonable cases for append and override, and I don't want to add
> superfluous handling for non-existent use cases.

I think I agree, and the override option would make it easier to make 
generic.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2008-08-06 23:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-06 21:31 [PATCH] bootup: Add built-in kernel command line for x86 Tim Bird
2008-08-06 22:04 ` Robert Schwebel
2008-08-06 22:22   ` Tim Bird
2008-08-06 22:48     ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-08-06 22:52       ` Matt Mackall
2008-08-06 23:02         ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-08-06 23:00       ` Tim Bird
2008-08-06 23:03         ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-08-06 22:14 ` Matt Mackall
2008-08-06 22:31   ` Tim Bird
2008-08-06 22:48     ` Matt Mackall
2008-08-11 19:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-11 19:23   ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-08-11 22:40     ` Tim Bird
2008-08-12 19:52     ` [PATCH] bootup: Add built-in kernel command line for x86 (v2) Tim Bird
2008-08-15 14:03       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-15 14:12       ` Ingo Molnar

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