On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 02:04:08PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 10:38:36AM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 03:18:21PM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote: > > > -config CMDLINE_BOOL > > > - bool "Built-in kernel command line" > > > - help > > > - For most systems, it is firmware or second stage bootloader that > > > - by default specifies the kernel command line options. However, > > > - it might be necessary or advantageous to either override the > > > - default kernel command line or add a few extra options to it. > > > - For such cases, this option allows you to hardcode your own > > > - command line options directly into the kernel. For that, you > > > - should choose 'Y' here, and fill in the extra boot arguments > > > - in CONFIG_CMDLINE. > > > - > > > - The built-in options will be concatenated to the default command > > > - line if CMDLINE_OVERRIDE is set to 'N'. Otherwise, the default > > > - command line will be ignored and replaced by the built-in string. > > > - > > > - Most MIPS systems will normally expect 'N' here and rely upon > > > - the command line from the firmware or the second-stage bootloader. > > > - > > > > > > See how you complained that I have CMDLINE_BOOL in my changed, and you think it > > shouldn't exist. > > > > Yet here mips has it, and you just deleted it with no feature parity in your > > changes for this. > > AFAICT, CMDLINE_BOOL equates to a non-empty or empty CONFIG_CMDLINE. You > seem to need it just because you have CMDLINE_PREPEND and > CMDLINE_APPEND. If that's not it, what feature is missing? CMDLINE_BOOL > is not a feature, but an implementation detail. Not true. It makes it easier to turn it all off inside the Kconfig , so it's for usability and multiple architecture have it even with just CMDLINE as I was commenting here. Daniel
