linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] add generic builtin command line

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:20:37 -0800
From:   Daniel Gimpelevich <daniel@...pelevich.san-francisco.ca.us>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc:     Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Maksym Kokhan <maksym.kokhan@...ballogic.com>,
        Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, xe-linux-external@...co.com,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Daniel Walker <danielwa@...co.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] add generic builtin command line

On Tue, 2021-02-16 at 18:42 +0100, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> I'd suggest also to find the good arguments to convince us that this  
> series has a real added value, not just "cisco use it in its kernels  
> so it is good".

Well, IIRC, this series was endorsed by the device tree maintainers as
the preferred alternative to this:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/1565020400-25679-1-git-send-email-daniel@gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us/T/#u

The now-defunct patchwork.linux-mips.org link in that thread pointed to:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mips/1510796793.16864.25.camel@chimera/T/#u

When running modern kernels from ancient vendor bootloaders, it is
sometimes necessary to pick and choose bits and pieces of the info they
pass without taking it verbatim.