From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030400AbWHACmS (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:42:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030401AbWHACmS (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:42:18 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([66.93.16.53]:5804 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030400AbWHACmR (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:42:17 -0400 Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:41:02 -0500 From: Matt Mackall To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64 built-in command line Message-ID: <20060801024102.GS6908@waste.org> References: <20060731171442.GI6908@waste.org> <200607312207.58999.ak@suse.de> <44CE6AEA.2090909@zytor.com> <200608010017.00826.ak@suse.de> <20060801014319.GO6908@waste.org> <44CEBEAF.8030203@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44CEBEAF.8030203@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 07:38:39PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Actually, the best thing to do might be to designate a symbol (say &, > like in automount) as "insert the boot loader command line here." > > That way you can specify things in the builtin command line that are > both prepended and appended to the boot loader command, and if you wish, > you can emit it completely. > > The default would be just "&". That idea doesn't suck. I'll take a look at it. We still have a problem with overriding things like console=tty, for which there's no obvious fix that doesn't break the world. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.