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From: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: [patch 1/5] Extended crashkernel command line
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* Lombard, David N <dnlombar@ichips.intel.com> [2007-09-11 17:32]:
> 
> lilo:
>   append=<string>
> 
>     Appends the options specified to the parameter line passed to
>     the kernel. 

Given that lilo appends the user-specified command line, I think it's
the best to honor the last value. It has also been the previous
behaviour (execpt IA64).

Having a different behaviour if the last or the first value is honored
on different architectures is not what we want, IMO.


Thanks,
   Bernhard
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