Mark Post wrote:
Of course the kernel did understand the init= parameter. Getting it passed to the kernel at boot time is the issue, and I'm not sure the s390-tools did it, that far back in time.
That's where I'm surprised here.. Kernel parameters to the bootloader is just.. a blob ! A kernel loader may doctor the kernel parm 'blob' (in order to insert some specific understood parm).. but it shouldn't change/alter/interpret arbitrary kernel parms specified. For example, in zipl, if in my parm file, I specify "foo=bar", then "foo=bar" is passed to my kernel.. no matter what version of zipl I use.. whether my custom kernel understands the "foo" parameter is none of zipl's business ! --Ivan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
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