[PATCH] x86 built-in command line

From: Matt Mackall
Date: Sun Jun 11 2006 - 18:04:19 EST


This patch allows building in a kernel command line on x86 as is
possible on several other arches.

Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Index: linux/arch/i386/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/Kconfig 2006-05-26 16:18:13.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/arch/i386/Kconfig 2006-06-11 17:01:01.000000000 -0500
@@ -763,6 +763,20 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
/sys/devices/system/cpu.


+config CMDLINE_BOOL
+ bool "Default bootloader kernel arguments" if EMBEDDED
+
+config CMDLINE
+ string "Initial kernel command string" if EMBEDDED
+ depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
+ default "root=/dev/hda1 ro"
+ help
+ On some systems, there is no way for the boot loader to pass
+ arguments to the kernel. For these platforms, you can supply
+ some command-line options at build time by entering them
+ here. In most cases you will need to specify the root device
+ here.
+
endmenu


Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c 2006-05-26 16:18:13.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c 2006-06-11 16:23:51.000000000 -0500
@@ -713,6 +713,10 @@ static void __init parse_cmdline_early (
int len = 0;
int userdef = 0;

+#ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL
+ strlcpy(saved_command_line, CONFIG_CMDLINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+#endif
+
/* Save unparsed command line copy for /proc/cmdline */
saved_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1] = '\0';



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