linux-kernel - Re: setup_arch/arch_get_boot_command

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Date:	Tue, 9 Dec 2008 15:54:11 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dhowells@...hat.com,
	Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>,
	Bryan Wu <cooloney@...nel.org>,
	Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
	Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Hirokazu Takata <takata@...ux-m32r.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.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: setup_arch/arch_get_boot_command_line changes



On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Rusty Russell wrote:
>
> OK, I've folded in all the fixes, thanks.  Git tree is here:
> 
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-boot-params.git
> 
> Stephen, please include in linux-next.  Clearly this hits every arch.  I'll
> try to avoid rebasing unless I've broken some arch horribly.

This looks really invasive, with absolutely zero explanations of what the 
point of it all is.

What?

		Linus
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