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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 built-in command line
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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