linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] bootconfig: Apply early options from embedded config

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Date:   Thu, 23 Nov 2023 11:04:00 +0100
From:   Petr Malat <oss@...at.biz>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc:     paulmck@...nel.org, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] bootconfig: Apply early options from embedded config

Hi!

On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 11:22:07AM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> BTW, we also need to make a block-list for some early params. some of those
> MUST be passed from the bootloader. E.g. initrd address and size will be
> passed from the bootloader via commandline. Thus such params in the embedded
> bootconfig should be filtered at the build time.

It's ok to configure these in the embedded bootconfig - in a case they are
provided by the bootloader, the bootconfig value is overridden, if not, the
value from bootconfig is used, so it works as expected.
  Petr