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Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200228143528.209db45e5f0f78474ef83387@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:KgQ3vYV9ysegr9mt3KbORuXozfS41mY2NV0+S4K8PRmn24jCgm8 WfFnbz2ikQncOtVTLJRwvEEm1nDmyevgo9aZ9UOIFlRrNdgDynTHwIn4U7uxsFN9B4/5MEI yOSiAXsKnSz3oG+lLZaH65jzvXvDsX/LsFCnM7HsF/B120cJ0cbJB2pRzq5xN0omhQUnonm /lZzjJPiO15lAUCjREOYg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:r9Lj2hY9OGI=:QWbBOLSB8tVj2xRXuj+3vx CKq9Rr1Tlt44EYS68bBhc4vKVkPhYGicIJ6qdHaq1oJK4Bq99iUNKWrq1f4glMX5RYOET97xo qBDIL5myQf6InBY7sXCvmL/fXED3NTnJdtJTGEdLsidCpvrIWblbN4gJLenr6dOzno1zpcsn5 LCCmjdxS7H53MEjZ+6u6XPASwt0yb75d3UXgGay2PBtOg5m8jixS7RANHy2QAPHaCmDrhX0V/ M9DZwvlEdhenWt+eyTjZ/tYkAb5CKWxcaFyEVtNLXLRBQD8beVY7DqYRVYGH2i2E0fEM2XRw/ 9qIoolfV3lpRRF7Ol34SS3t/4EJ6FP93THbKxiKRmIKoo2yyej0bLkSu7oK6/vVf2fbn+2lnP MH3uUFJdCEc5oXf0nFCXlhBAs4KDj1qztu4q3Ap3UllCNfaB5RIdQi4VX+OwCG5SzPN9m5UsD hpMmN5/mjeFAXeudWNxms3TKpS38VJ0RZwA9OpQkuB6cS0fAIPiinWQoBGLCc9LHeYrd9Gix1 9WV6G2TSijc8cYnFTlAz1G78QDR/h7WDIgKS01osGZsetJKCJOYNIiuRXj5eO0sXC9I0DUs12 StTYSp/5KefWZhf7Pjw4P6Kn7jTPJxSASodXqQSugKmINyWZu8CRfxqV5C+TlyBWUSoZNOWE3 90Q4ecfTfV1MPM2QFyQ9TqrctXGUvwy/+0EGWUqpVfelqF1irKiugUQu1B7m0eiX0o8cGdaWE wViH0cRqIgH8FPPxxR51Xwqu1l1LqgO0nnQ5mABudvKUyoA8CLXWgPL3JgiFDjPan8EJEQE40 6X9avLMl4+mrQqjwgjEvi9xeEElWMQsDk5zFPS0Bi0Nlnh9Q4lBLb8XdQZpNf0YcAzTEZdCqK NInfEekgjJawBI9WCzpjzF8q/BduYLYZUdU9zzPKlm7llx8miTbS4pr6KNaH6PSaG24Et2yoV SW5CZ9SfIu+iljzkX4l1gQyjQq3gO/AgQuc5eCz/ykd9Lb0Cu0FbgPq1GEF6LdUgLSqFI5geX bpK4nV58rk160UAhpm7mDLA87Ndg0dX238Q7MmcLSOmSL3DOsPK9/pwkKyZoQqbcoO9gnX02V lXqLdQtZWTKitgC+u7L/AO243+8Nj4b49/bvHy31Y4SGLSXpBdgMrsuNYZ4e/dDtH/JF0RZ8l JJcgA5xvKYSnTSbCVqhtYh8LgXuTnBFIJ05qdc2WWvUdflkzAiPMS15BuNALMr+jl0K2/+w8f bV7W6VwRH6gIs6dnw Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>> +Also, some subsystem may depend on the boot configuration, and it has= own >>> +root key. >> >> Would you like to explain the influence of a key hierarchy any further? > > Please read the example (boot time tracer) carefully :) I find the descriptions still too terse for corresponding relationships. >> * Can such system limits become more configurable? > > No. The possibility remains to adjust the source code also for special needs. >>> +(Note: Each key consists of words separated by dot, and value also co= nsists >>> +of values separated by comma. Here, each word and each value is gener= ally >>> +called a "node".) >> >> I would prefer the interpretation that nodes contain corresponding attr= ibutes. > > No. Node is a node. It is merely generic. I hope that the applied ontology will be clarified a bit more. >> How do you think about to add a link to a formal file format descriptio= n? > > Oh, nice idea. Please contribute it :) Did you provide it (according to a RST include directive in the subsequent update step)? Can it be helpful to reorder any changes for the discussed patch series? Regards, Markus