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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

  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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