From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932249AbWGaTfl (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:35:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932243AbWGaTfk (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:35:40 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:40915 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932190AbWGaTfe (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:35:34 -0400 Message-ID: <44CE5B74.4060409@zytor.com> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:35:16 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matt Mackall CC: linux-kernel , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 built-in command line (resend) References: <20060731171259.GH6908@waste.org> <44CE54D6.4040309@zytor.com> <20060731192844.GK6908@waste.org> In-Reply-To: <20060731192844.GK6908@waste.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Matt Mackall wrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 12:07:02PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> Matt Mackall wrote: >>> I'm resending this as-is because the earlier thread petered out >>> without any strong arguments against this approach. x86_64 patch to >>> follow. >> "No strong arguments?" >> >> I still maintain that this patch has the wrong priority in case more >> than one set of arguments are provided. > > But you still haven't answered how that lets you work around firmware > that passes parameters you don't like. > That a fairly unique problem, and is most likely in a minority application. For that case a CONFIG option to ignore the firmware-provided command line would make sense. I do not believe it should be the only option or even the default. It would be particularly good if this could be standardized across architectures, which is another reason to do it right. -hpa