linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bootup: Add built-in kernel command line for x86

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Message-Id: <1218062931.7576.12.camel@calx>
Date:	Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:48:51 -0500
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>
Cc:	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-embedded <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bootup: Add built-in kernel command line for x86


On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 15:31 -0700, Tim Bird wrote:
> Matt Mackall wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 14:31 -0700, Tim Bird wrote:
> >> The default behavior is to append the boot loader string
> >> to this one.  However, there is a mechanism (leading '!')
> >> to force the built-in string to override the boot loader
> >> string.
> > 
> > Nice solution.
> > 
> > Where is this relative to early boot option checking?
> 
> parse_early_param() is right AFTER this in the x86 setup_arch()
> function (in arch/x86/kernel/setup.c).  All the other command-line
> handling I could find is after this in init/main.c:start_kernel().

Ok, there are a couple weird outliers outside of that still, but that
should make most people satisfied.

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