linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] fastboot tree for v2.6.28

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Date:	Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:26:26 +0200
From:	Olivier Blin <blino@...driva.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Pascal Terjan <pterjan@...driva.com>
Subject: Re: [git pull] fastboot tree for v2.6.28

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> writes:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>
>> a config option is definitely useful for users and distros. Having
>> the boot option is a good idea. Arjan, i thought we had a
>> fastboot=0/1 boot option but i cannot find it - could you please add
>> it?
>
> In general, boolean options should be fastboot/nofastboot.  We have
> plenty of inconsistency in that area, but we really don't need to add
> more.

Actually, the fastboot boot option is already used in RedHat's
rc.sysinit (to skip fsck). Can't we have async_init/sync_init boot
options to control this feature?

BTW, is there already some patch available for this option?

-- 
Olivier Blin (blino) - Mandriva
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