linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5.1] Documentation: bootconfig: Update boot configuration documentation

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Message-Id: <20200306230406.dd9c7358f00f47ff5760c899@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 6 Mar 2020 23:04:06 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5.1] Documentation: bootconfig: Update boot
 configuration documentation

On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 10:34:30 +0100
Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:

> > If you think you have "any more" update candidates, feel free to make
> > an update "patch" and send to us.
> 
> I pointed a few change possibilities out already.

I can not respond to requests only for possibility.

> > That will be the next step.
> 
> I got the impression that we are in the process of constructing another patch together
> which will fix known wording weaknesses.

Would you mean the broken EBNF part? Yeah, maybe, but it is another story.
I decided to drop it this time.
You can refine it but please use better format instead of such incomplete one.

> By the way:
> I wonder about the shown version identifier.
> Will the patch numbering need also further considerations?

No.

> >> …
> >>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
> >> …
> >>> +If you think that kernel/init options become too long to write in boot-loader
> >>> +configuration file or you want to comment on each option, the boot
> >>> +configuration may be suitable. …
> >>
> >> Would you like to specify any settings in the boot configuration file
> >> because the provided storage capacity would be too limited by the kernel command line?
> >
> > Yes.
> 
> How will affected places be improved after such an agreement?

Would you please make a patch of new sentence?

Thank you,

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>