From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750749AbWFLBsM (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:48:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750756AbWFLBsM (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:48:12 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([64.81.244.121]:24997 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750749AbWFLBsL (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:48:11 -0400 Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:38:01 -0500 From: Matt Mackall To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: linux-kernel , akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 built-in command line Message-ID: <20060612013801.GL24227@waste.org> References: <20060611215530.GH24227@waste.org> <1150069241.3131.97.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20060611235101.GK24227@waste.org> <1150070898.3131.99.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1150070898.3131.99.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 02:08:18AM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 18:51 -0500, Matt Mackall wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 01:40:41AM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 16:55 -0500, Matt Mackall wrote: > > > > This patch allows building in a kernel command line on x86 as is > > > > possible on several other arches. > > > > > > wouldn't it make more sense to allow the initramfs to set such arguments > > > instead? > > > > Huh? > > > > Are you suggesting we go digging around in a gzipped initramfs image at > > early command line parsing time? I can't really see how that would work. > > but.. the example you give is for the rootfs.. which is used only really > late... That's not an example, that's just pointing out if you don't specify root=, it probably won't boot. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.