On 14/05/2005, at 9:05 PM, Frans Pop wrote:
a boot kernel and options : it means "a boot kernel and kernel options" or "a boot kernel and boot parameters"?
I would think the second, but as the text is specific to architecture IA64, I can not be entirely sure.
Here you have the noun _kernel_: that's the essential thing.
However, it's not just a kernel, it's a specific type of kernel, called a _boot_ kernel. Here the word boot acts as an adjective, describing the noun kernel.
Therefore the options or parameters (used loosely as synonyms) should belong to the boot-type kernel. They should be boot-kernel options (or parameters).
I hope that helps...
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