Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [for-next][PATCH 04/26] bootconfig: Add Extra Boot Config support | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Date | Thu, 6 Feb 2020 10:10:28 -0800 |
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On 2/6/20 9:58 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Feb 06, 2020 at 11:41:00PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: >> Oh, you are not the first person asked that :)
(that would be me AFAIK)
>> >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/12/9/563 >> >> And yes, I think this is important that will useful for most developers >> and admins. Since the bootconfig already covers kernel and init options, >> this can be a new standard way to pass args to kernel boot. > > Aha, so Steve and you believe this will become the next great thing > after sliced bread. Sorry but I remain sceptical. :)
old news: some Kconfig symbols are Special & Important. ;)
I agree with you (as I also disagreed with "default y").
> I would've done it differently: have it default 'n' and once it turns > out that the major distros have enabled it and *actually* use it, *then* > simply remove the config option. Like we usually do with functionality. > Not the other way around. > > In any case, I've disabled it on my machines and will wait for it > missing to come back and bite me. :-P
-- ~Randy
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