linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] kernel: Add a new config option to remove command line parsing

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Message-ID: <20150520005404.GB32153@cloud>
Date:	Tue, 19 May 2015 17:54:04 -0700
From:	josh@...htriplett.org
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Iulia Manda <iulia.manda21@...il.com>, tim.bird@...ymobile.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] kernel: Add a new config option to remove command
 line parsing

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 11:35:59AM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 14:50 +0300, Iulia Manda wrote:
> > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> 
> > +config CMDLINE_PARSE
> > +	bool "Enable support for command line parsing"
> > +	default y
> > +	---help---
> > +	  With this option set to 'Y', kernel parameters, both the ones
> > +	  passed at boot time and at compile time are parsed.
> > +
> > +	  If you say no here, all the kernel parameters' values will be set
> > +	  to their defaults at compile time, in order to make constant
> > +	  folding possible.
> > +
> > +	  Systems with no space constraints should leave this option set to
> > +	  'Y'.
> 
> This adds a x86 specific Kconfig option.

Good catch.  I reviewed the Kconfig option and its usage very carefully,
but completely missed that it was in the wrong file.

This needs to go in init/Kconfig or similar.

- Josh Triplett
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