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Date:	Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:37:30 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
CC:	Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>, fastboot@...ts.osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] free initrds boot option

Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> I'd have thought that an option `retain_initrd' would make more sense.
> 
> Please always update Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt when adding boot
> options.
> 

I would have to agree with this; it also seems a bit odd to me to have 
this at all (kexec provides a new kernel image, surely it also provides 
a new initrd image???)

	-hpa
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