Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934923AbXILRsZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:48:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933715AbXILRsQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:48:16 -0400 Received: from smtpoutm.mac.com ([17.148.16.71]:60835 "EHLO smtpoutm.mac.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933691AbXILRsP (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:48:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: <46E7DEF8.50201@davidnewall.com> <46E7F816.9080806@dawes.za.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <3E869809-EA55-4F90-B364-788081ACEC00@mac.com> Cc: Rogan Dawes , David Newall , Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kyle Moffett Subject: Re: stripping down the kernel-parameters.txt file Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:47:38 -0400 To: "Robert P. J. Day" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1570 Lines: 32 On Sep 12, 2007, at 10:44:29, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > in the end, there should be a nice, *short* reference for what i > like to call "basic" kernel parms (defined by __setup() or > early_param()), while anyone who wants to learn about any module- > specific parms should then have to go look up the info for that > given module, that's all. > > as a trivial starting point, this would involve nothing more than > shifting current content around in kernel-parameters.txt, putting > the basic stuff at the top, and the module-specific stuff after > that. heck, that would even give module authors the chance to add > a line or two of module description if they wanted. how does life > get any better than that? Well, maybe if modules could be used similarly to: "modprobe my_module --help" to give a description of the available module parameters. That information might be merged into modules from text file(s) or vice-versa, but I can see it being significantly more useful. Another mildly-useful feature would be to stick the basic boot params and those for built-in modules into a little text file which could optionally be embedded in the initramfs along with the "less" binary, so that a "vmlinuz --help" could be made to work usefully from your bootloader. Cheers, Kyle Moffett - 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/