root= cmdline modification in kexec (was Re: [PATCH] kexec ppc64: fix misaligned cmdline )

[Mohan Kumar M]

On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 06:22:18PM +1000, Michael Neuling wrote:
> OK Looks like we parse the new command line to see if there is a
> 'root=blah' parameter.  If yes, use that, otherwise we use what was on
> the last boot.

For PPC64, if the user does not pass the kernel parameter, it is taken
from the existing kernel parameter. In this case "crashkernel=X at Y"
parameter is removed. If user explicitly gives the parameter, it is
used.

> 
> Is this what other architectures are doing?  Is there any other special
> cases we need to look out for?

I am not sure about x86, I hope they expect that user has to _pass_ the
kernel parameter. They don't copy the kernel parameter from current
kernel.

> 
> Mikey
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