linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 5/8] param: arch_get_boot_command

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Date:	Sun, 7 Dec 2008 19:14:06 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>,
	Bryan Wu <cooloney@...nel.org>,
	Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
	Hirokazu Takata <takata@...ux-m32r.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC 5/8] param: arch_get_boot_command_line() (take II)

On Sunday 07 December 2008 07:12:17 Russell King wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 11:28:32AM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > On Thursday 04 December 2008 05:07:25 Luck, Tony wrote:
> > > > I pulled your git tree.  All my test configs build cleanly
> > > > for ia64 ... but sadly the first kernel I tested (generic_defconfig)
> > > > doesn't boot (no console output at all).
> > > >
> > > > I'll see if I can figure out what is going on.
> > >
> > > Aha.
> > 
> > OK, both appended to git tree.  
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-boot-params.git
> > 
> > If noone else complains, I'll fold the fix and ask Stephen to take the tree 
> > for linux-next.
> 
> One commit in there looks rather dirty:

Yeah, it's a fix commit.  Git fits with arch maintainers' workflow most
easily so I use it here, but it leads to expectations about "append only".

I'll fold into a sane series before shovelling through linux-next; this
week I expect, since noone actually said "this is a stupid waste of time".

> |     With the addition of this patch ia64 bits are
> | 
> |     Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> 
> I'm wondering whether the ia64 bits are now green, yellow or maybe they're
> taking some terminal exercise by jumping off the cliff like lemmings.

I think they're green.  No doubt I've broken other archs, but they haven't
whined yet (and I cross-compiled for arm, at least).

Thanks,
Rusty.
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