linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9] Improve boot command line handling

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Date:   Tue, 3 Dec 2019 10:12:32 +0100
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, danielwa@...co.com
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] Improve boot command line handling



Le 02/04/2019 à 11:08, Christophe Leroy a écrit :
> The purpose of this series is to improve and enhance the
> handling of kernel boot arguments.
> 
> It is first focussed on powerpc but also extends the capability
> for other arches.
> 
> This is based on suggestion from Daniel Walker <danielwa@...co.com>

Looks like nobody has been interested in that series.

It doesn't apply anymore and I don't plan to rebase it, I'll retire it.

Christophe


> 
> Christophe Leroy (9):
>    powerpc: enable appending of CONFIG_CMDLINE to bootloader's cmdline.
>    Add generic function to build command line.
>    drivers: of: use cmdline building function
>    powerpc/prom_init: get rid of PROM_SCRATCH_SIZE
>    powerpc: convert to generic builtin command line
>    Add capability to prepend the command line
>    powerpc: add capability to prepend default command line
>    Gives arches opportunity to use generically defined boot cmdline
>      manipulation
>    powerpc: use generic CMDLINE manipulations
> 
>   arch/powerpc/Kconfig                   | 23 ++------------
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c        | 38 ++++++++++-------------
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init_check.sh |  2 +-
>   drivers/of/fdt.c                       | 23 +++-----------
>   include/linux/cmdline.h                | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>   init/Kconfig                           | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   6 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 include/linux/cmdline.h
>