Re: [PATCH -v5 5/5] Make reboot_cpuid a kernel parameter.

[Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>]

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:37:02PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 04/17/2013 11:43 AM, Robin Holt wrote:
> > Moving the reboot=s<##> parameter for x86 to a kernel parameter
> > proper.  I did not find any other arch that was specifying the
> > reboot cpu.
> > 
> > I left a compatibility mode in there.  The new parameter always
> > takes precedence.  I also fixed up the current code to support
> > up to cpuid's up to the current max of 4096.
> > 
> 
> I still don't understand why you insist on introducing a new parameter
> rather than just supporting the existing, somewhat ugly, syntax: it is
> rare enough to need that the compatibility wins over the aestetics.

Did you see my response I sent this morning?

I would really like to try and remove the apparently unused reboot=
parameter from arm and unicore32 as well.  Does anybody have a concern
with that?  That should make documenting slightly easier.

> Furthermore that word "cpuid" that you keep using, I don't think it
> means what you think it means...

If we stayed with the core_param, would you prefer reboot_processor=###
over reboot_cpuid=###?

Robin