linux-kernel - RE: ok to kill "ether=" kernel parm?

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Message-Id: <200708281843.l7SIhJ9D010636@terminus.zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:43:26 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
CC:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: ok to kill "ether=" kernel parm?

It changed to be more descriptive.  The old one is supported for backwards compatibility, just like we have sys_oldoldstat still.

(sent front cellphone) 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:12
To: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com>; Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ok to kill "ether=" kernel parm?


On Aug 28 2007 10:23, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>What's the upside of changing?  What's the downside?  The upside is so
>infinitesimal that that leaving "ether=" in indefinitely seems like a
>good move to me.

Then why did it change to netdev= in the first place...



	Jan
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