Re: [PATCH] bootup: Add built-in kernel command line for x86

H. Peter Anvin
2008-08-06T22:48:39Z

Tim Bird wrote:
>
> One difficulty is that the other arches' command lines
> are not currently "broken", so there's no real incentive
> to change them.
>
> The only thing novel thing I'm adding here is the addition of
> the leading '!' to allow for an override. This is needed
> in some x86 cases I'm familiar with, but I've haven't seen
> any cases where it would be useful for other arches.
> (not to say they don't exist - I just haven't seen them.)
>

Note that it could just as easily be done with a CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
option, since the initial reason for a magic character was to be able to
provide both prefix and suffix splicing.

CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE is probably more palatable to other architectures.

-hpa