Alexey Zelkin wrote:
>
> > It's pretty consistant with other OS's boot prompt.
> Ok, I see that I'll not get answer to my question except "do it otherwise".
Actually, you got an answer, though you might have missed it.
Boot2 does not have "/kernel" as default, but "/boot/loader". Thus,
even if we did identify -v as a "parameter" and passed it to what is
being loaded, it would be the loader that receives it.
Alas, we just don't have a lot of space for boot2, and we'd rather
not spend it on things like that. Rather, we decided to keep boot2
simple, and transfer all niceties to a new stage, the loader. Loader
is fully featured, has an extended help, and includes a complete
structured programming language. We can't fit all of this into
boot2, obviously. And if we decided to add "just this feature" to
boot2, where would we draw the line? As the requirements for the
boot stage increase, so will boot2. It happened before, and that's
why we now have a three stage loader.
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