Re: stripping down the kernel-parameters.txt file

[Kyle Moffett]

On Sep 12, 2007, at 10:44:29, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> in the end, there should be a nice, *short* reference for what i  
> like to call "basic" kernel parms (defined by __setup() or  
> early_param()), while anyone who wants to learn about any module- 
> specific parms should then have to go look up the info for that  
> given module, that's all.
>
> as a trivial starting point, this would involve nothing more than  
> shifting current content around in kernel-parameters.txt, putting  
> the basic stuff at the top, and the module-specific stuff after  
> that.  heck, that would even give module authors the chance to add  
> a line or two of module description if they wanted.  how does life  
> get any better than that?

Well, maybe if modules could be used similarly to: "modprobe  
my_module --help" to give a description of the available module  
parameters.  That information might be merged into modules from text  
file(s) or vice-versa, but I can see it being significantly more  
useful.  Another mildly-useful feature would be to stick the basic  
boot params and those for built-in modules into a little text file  
which could optionally be embedded in the initramfs along with the  
"less" binary, so that a "vmlinuz --help" could be made to work  
usefully from your bootloader.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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