Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S969709AbXILOef (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:34:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S969575AbXILOeH (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:34:07 -0400 Received: from sumo.dreamhost.com ([66.33.216.29]:53942 "EHLO sumo.dreamhost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S969554AbXILOeF (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:34:05 -0400 Message-ID: <46E7F816.9080806@dawes.za.net> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:30:46 +0200 From: Rogan Dawes User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: David Newall , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: stripping down the kernel-parameters.txt file References: <46E7DEF8.50201@davidnewall.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 749 Lines: 18 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > p.s. by "basic", i mean those boot-time parms defined by either > "__setup()" or "early_param()". which means that module writers > should, as much as possible, stop using those macros to define > command-line parameters for their modules. that would go a long way > to restoring some order, and allowing for some decent and readable > documentation. Are you forgetting that modules can often be compiled into the bzImage, too, making them genuine boot-time params? Rogan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/