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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:28:44 -0500
From: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 built-in command line (resend)
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On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 12:07:02PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Matt Mackall wrote:
> >I'm resending this as-is because the earlier thread petered out
> >without any strong arguments against this approach. x86_64 patch to
> >follow.
> 
> "No strong arguments?"
> 
> I still maintain that this patch has the wrong priority in case more 
> than one set of arguments are provided.

But you still haven't answered how that lets you work around firmware
that passes parameters you don't like.

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