Hi Atsushi, Atsushi Nemoto wrote: > On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:00:30 +0200, Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> 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... > > Maybe you can add something like "initrdmem=xxx@yyy", keeping > "rd_start" and "rd_size" for the backward compatibility. Just a > thought. > Well that what I was planning when writing this patch but I didn't. I think that we will end up with two different semantics and the old one never replaced by the new one... Except if we mark them as deprecated by showing a warning at boot. What do you think ? Franck
