Re: Suggestion: Use a unified kernel image by default in the future.

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On 7/22/22 08:26, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Lennart Poettering <mzerqung@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>> Hence, I am not convinved the benefit really outweighs the effort
>> here. Modifying your kernel command line is invasive, and hackish, and
>> hence I think it's OK to leave it out of the model.
> It may be invasive or hackish, but sometimes it is absolutely necessary
> to getting a functional system.  There are many valid uses, such as
> setting needed hardware parameters and setting the kernel console.

Exactly!  And there are times when this needs to be changed after the
system has already been installed.  There is no substitute for being
able to authenticate and then enter kernel parameters.  The simplest
way to implement this would be kexec().
-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)

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