2006-12-22 20:58:40

by Jeff Dike

Subject: parse-boot-parameter-error.patch breaks UML

>From the changelog:

Say a boot parameter is "xxx", if you give a string "xxxy", then the
boot parameter's corresponding function is executed.

UML has parameters such as "ubda=<filename>" which are matched by
__setup("ubd", ubd_setup), which hits the "error" case this patch now
outlaws.

Jeff

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2006-12-22 21:07:15

by Andrew Morton

Subject: Re: parse-boot-parameter-error.patch breaks UML

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:53:38 -0500
Jeff Dike <[email protected]> wrote:

> >From the changelog:
>
> Say a boot parameter is "xxx", if you give a string "xxxy", then the
> boot parameter's corresponding function is executed.
>
> UML has parameters such as "ubda=<filename>" which are matched by
> __setup("ubd", ubd_setup), which hits the "error" case this patch now
> outlaws.
>

yup, I dropped the patch for this reason, thanks.