Franck Bui-Huu wrote: > Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > Franck Bui-Huu wrote: > >> There's no point to rewrite some logic to parse command line > >> to pass initrd parameters or to declare a user memory area. > >> We could use instead parse_early_param() that does the same > >> thing. > >> > >> NOTE ! This patch also changes the initrd semantic. Old code > >> was expecting "rd_start=xxx rd_size=xxx" which uses two > >> parameters. Now the code expects "initrd=xxx@yyy" which is > >> really simpler to parse and to use. No default config files > >> use these parameters anyways but not sure for bootloader's > >> users... > > > > This code is there precisely because most mips bootloaders use > > rd_start/rd_size. > > OK, I guess we have to stick with this weird semantic... > > > It also is IMHO a bad idea to overload the > > semantics of initrd= with both file names and memory locations. > > I wasn't aware of any file name usages. Can you give a pointer ? Documentation/initrd.txt Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt Thiemo
