Re: [PATCH] x86 built-in command line

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On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 02:08:18AM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 18:51 -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 01:40:41AM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 16:55 -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > > > This patch allows building in a kernel command line on x86 as is
> > > > possible on several other arches.
> > > 
> > > wouldn't it make more sense to allow the initramfs to set such arguments
> > > instead?
> > 
> > Huh?
> > 
> > Are you suggesting we go digging around in a gzipped initramfs image at
> > early command line parsing time? I can't really see how that would work. 
> 
> but.. the example you give is for the rootfs.. which is used only really
> late...

That's not an example, that's just pointing out if you don't specify
root=, it probably won't boot.

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