From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 built-in command line
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:52:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <448DA9CF.9090504@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200606121936.35042.mb@bu3sch.de>
Michael Buesch wrote:
>>
>> a. Please make the patch available for x86-64 as well as x86. The two
>> are coupled enough that they need to agree.
>>
>> b. This patch will override a user-provided command line if one
>> exists. This is the wrong behaviour; instead, the builtin command
>> line should only apply if no user-specified command line is present.
>
> I would say a user supplied cmd line should be appended to the
> built-in cmd line.
>
That's another option; going with the "later wins" rule. However, there is a problem with
this, and that is that the total length can end up being very long.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-12 17:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-11 21:55 [PATCH] x86 built-in command line Matt Mackall
2006-06-11 22:54 ` Jesper Juhl
2006-06-11 23:30 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-11 23:47 ` Matt Mackall
2006-06-12 17:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-06-11 23:40 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-11 23:51 ` Matt Mackall
2006-06-12 0:08 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-12 1:38 ` Matt Mackall
2006-06-12 5:13 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-06-12 17:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-06-12 8:11 ` Andi Kleen
2006-06-12 14:37 ` Matt Mackall
2006-06-12 17:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-06-12 17:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-06-12 17:36 ` Michael Buesch
2006-06-12 17:52 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2006-06-12 17:59 ` Tim Bird
[not found] ` <200606121712.k5CHClUE017185@terminus.zytor.com>
2006-06-12 20:49 ` Matt Mackall
2006-06-12 21:19 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-06-12 21:36 ` Tim Bird
2006-06-12 21:45 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-06-12 22:03 ` Tim Bird
2006-06-12 21:45 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-06-12 22:00 ` Tim Bird
2006-06-12 22:10 ` Randy.Dunlap
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