Re: [RFC 5/8] param: arch_get_boot_command_line() (take II)

[Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>]

On Sunday 07 December 2008 07:12:17 Russell King wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 11:28:32AM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > On Thursday 04 December 2008 05:07:25 Luck, Tony wrote:
> > > > I pulled your git tree.  All my test configs build cleanly
> > > > for ia64 ... but sadly the first kernel I tested (generic_defconfig)
> > > > doesn't boot (no console output at all).
> > > >
> > > > I'll see if I can figure out what is going on.
> > >
> > > Aha.
> > 
> > OK, both appended to git tree.  
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-boot-params.git
> > 
> > If noone else complains, I'll fold the fix and ask Stephen to take the tree 
> > for linux-next.
> 
> One commit in there looks rather dirty:

Yeah, it's a fix commit.  Git fits with arch maintainers' workflow most
easily so I use it here, but it leads to expectations about "append only".

I'll fold into a sane series before shovelling through linux-next; this
week I expect, since noone actually said "this is a stupid waste of time".

> |     With the addition of this patch ia64 bits are
> | 
> |     Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
> 
> I'm wondering whether the ia64 bits are now green, yellow or maybe they're
> taking some terminal exercise by jumping off the cliff like lemmings.

I think they're green.  No doubt I've broken other archs, but they haven't
whined yet (and I cross-compiled for arm, at least).

Thanks,
Rusty.