linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64 built-in command line

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Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:41:02 -0500
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64 built-in command line

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 07:38:39PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Actually, the best thing to do might be to designate a symbol (say &, 
> like in automount) as "insert the boot loader command line here."
> 
> That way you can specify things in the builtin command line that are 
> both prepended and appended to the boot loader command, and if you wish, 
> you can emit it completely.
> 
> The default would be just "&".

That idea doesn't suck. I'll take a look at it.

We still have a problem with overriding things like console=tty, for
which there's no obvious fix that doesn't break the world.

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
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