Re: [PATCH] boot parameters: quoting of environmentvariablesrevisited

[Rusty Russell]

On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 17:16, Len Brown wrote:
> I verified that this new patch doesn't break the acpi_os_string="Brand
> X" kernel parameter.

I can't find where acpi_os_string is handled: grepping the latest kernel
gives nothing, but I'd expect the quotes to be stripped.

> I'm not sure what quoted parameters for init's environment are used for,
> but it looks like FOO="FOO BAR" now results in
> FOO=FOO BAR
> in the environment.

Yes, as did Werner's patch.  I don't know if this is right, but it seems
sensible.

Rusty.
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