linux-kernel - Re: parse-boot-parameter-error.patch breaks UML

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Message-Id: <20061222130708.99774378.akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:07:08 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
Cc:	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: parse-boot-parameter-error.patch breaks UML

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:53:38 -0500
Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com> wrote:

> >From the changelog:
> 
> 	Say a boot parameter is "xxx", if you give a string "xxxy", then the
> 	boot parameter's corresponding function is executed.
> 
> UML has parameters such as "ubda=<filename>" which are matched by
> __setup("ubd", ubd_setup), which hits the "error" case this patch now
> outlaws.
> 

yup, I dropped the patch for this reason, thanks.
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