linux-kernel - Re: implementation of boot-time kernel parameters

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Message-ID: <4676AC2D.1050107@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:00:45 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: implementation of boot-time kernel parameters

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   i'm also aware of an older and (apparently) LILO-specific way to do
> it -- using something like "pas16=" where the appropriate driver code
> has to parse the value string (eg., in drivers/scsi/pas16.c):
> 

Utter nonsense.  The only reason these older drivers mention "LILO" is
because some of these driver authors thought LILO was the only native
Linux bootloader.

	-hpa
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