linux-kernel - Re: stripping down the kernel-parameters.txt file

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Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:30:46 +0200
From:	Rogan Dawes <lists@...es.za.net>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
Cc:	David Newall <david@...idnewall.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: stripping down the kernel-parameters.txt file

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> p.s.  by "basic", i mean those boot-time parms defined by either
> "__setup()" or "early_param()".  which means that module writers
> should, as much as possible, stop using those macros to define
> command-line parameters for their modules.  that would go a long way
> to restoring some order, and allowing for some decent and readable
> documentation.

Are you forgetting that modules can often be compiled into the bzImage, 
too, making them genuine boot-time params?

Rogan

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