Re: [PATCH] x86_64 built-in command line

Matt Mackall
2006-08-01T02:42:18Z

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.

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