oops... my bad. I was trying to send that mail to you only and it got sent to the list. anyways, early_param() is the correct api in my opinion. Use the example i provided in setup.c to compare. Cheers, Naren On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Raahi Mehra <raahi80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for the explaining on my behalf :) > As you explained while chatting with me, i will try it out and then come > back with results and post it in this list, if it works out. > Thanks again, i will keep in mind your below mail while asking next time. > > Regards, > Raahi > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 9:41 AM, <naren.mehra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> Sorry for not making it clear in the first mail. >> I wish to add a parameter to kernel command line which will set a >> value that can be used inside kernel. >> now legacy system use __setup() call for that. >> I wish to do this for my arm based board which uses u-boot. >> I hope the question will be clear now. >> >> Thanks and regards, >> Raahi >> >> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:34 PM, arshad hussain <arshad.super@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Victor Rodriguez <vm.rod25@xxxxxxxxx> >> > wrote: >> >> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Raahi Mehra <raahi80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi, >> >>> >> >>> I wish to add a new command line option in my kernel. >> >>> Can anybody help me with steps to achieve that ?? >> >>> As I read somewhere that __setup is now obsolete and since i need to >> >>> use >> >>> this new option in early boot time >> > >> > If you are using GRUB/GRUB2 as your bootloader. >> > Then one possible option is to let GRUB import that >> > for you. Have a look at GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX, >> > (for GRUB2) and GRUB1's "kernel" option. >> > >> > This should help https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2 >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > >> > so I need to use early_param(). >> >>> So how can I do that ?? >> >>> Is there any documentation available anywhere that i can use ?? >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Regards, >> >>> Raahi >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with >> > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ >> > >> > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
