linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: Drop support for redundant "keepinitrd" boot-time param.

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Message-ID: <20070920072233.GA10410@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:22:33 +0100
From:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM:  Drop support for redundant "keepinitrd" boot-time param.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 12:06:44PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> Given the equivalent "retain_initrd" boot-time paramater, "keepinitrd"
> appears to be entirely superfluous.

NAK.  "keepinitrd" is what people expect on ARM.

I'm frustrated that whoever invented "retain_initrd" didn't look around
in the documentation to see if there was any existing implementation
first.  The generic implementation should be fixed IMHO, or at least
the option string moved into init/initramfs.c.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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