linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: Support CMDLINE

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Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:06:54 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>,
        catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: Support CMDLINE_EXTEND

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 11:19:55AM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:

> We deliberately dropped support for CMDLINE_EXTEND in commit:

>   cae118b6acc3 ("arm64: Drop support for CMDLINE_EXTEND")

> ... which was mentioned the last time somone tried to re-add it:

>   https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/ZAh8dWvbNkVQT11C@arm.com/

> Has something changes such that those issues no longer apply? If so, please
> call that out explicitly in the commit message. If not, I do not think we
> should take this patch.

Given that there have been multiple attempts to readd it is it worth
documenting this in the code?

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