RE: [PATCH v2 0/2] mm: Introduce kernelcore=reliable option

From: Izumi, Taku
Date: Tue Dec 08 2015 - 18:53:17 EST


Dear Tony,


> > Which do you think is beter ?
> > - change into kernelcore="mirrored"
> > - keep kernelcore="reliable" and minmal printk fix
>
> UEFI came up with the "reliable" wording (as a more generic term ...
> as Andrew said
> it could cover differences in ECC modes, or some alternate memory
> technology that
> has lower error rates).
>
> But I personally like "mirror" more ... it matches current
> implementation. Of course
> I'll look silly if some future system does something other than mirror.
>

Okay, I'll change the option name into kernelcore=mirror.

Sincerely,
Taku Izumi