linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: allow whitespace as kernel parameter separator

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:33:25 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: allow whitespace as kernel parameter separator

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:41:22 am Peter Oberparleiter wrote:
> From: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> Some boot mechanisms require that kernel parameters are stored in a
> separate file which is loaded to memory without further processing
> (e.g. the "Load from FTP" method on s390). When such a file contains
> newline characters, the kernel parameter preceding the newline might
> not be correctly parsed (due to the newline being stuck to the end of
> the actual parameter value) which can lead to boot failures.
>
> This patch improves kernel command line usability in such a situation
> by allowing generic whitespace characters as separators between kernel
> parameters.

Makes sense, applied.

Thanks!
Rusty.
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