On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:37:02PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 04/17/2013 11:43 AM, Robin Holt wrote: > > Moving the reboot=s<##> parameter for x86 to a kernel parameter > > proper. I did not find any other arch that was specifying the > > reboot cpu. > > > > I left a compatibility mode in there. The new parameter always > > takes precedence. I also fixed up the current code to support > > up to cpuid's up to the current max of 4096. > > > > I still don't understand why you insist on introducing a new parameter > rather than just supporting the existing, somewhat ugly, syntax: it is > rare enough to need that the compatibility wins over the aestetics.
Did you see my response I sent this morning? I would really like to try and remove the apparently unused reboot= parameter from arm and unicore32 as well. Does anybody have a concern with that? That should make documenting slightly easier. > Furthermore that word "cpuid" that you keep using, I don't think it > means what you think it means... If we stayed with the core_param, would you prefer reboot_processor=### over reboot_cpuid=###? Robin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
