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Re: [patch] Booting and the MULTIBOOT_CMDLINE
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Roland McGrath |
Subject: |
Re: [patch] Booting and the MULTIBOOT_CMDLINE |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Aug 2001 01:36:05 -0400 (EDT) |
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 05:38:30PM -0400, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > I think the bug here is in boot. It should synthesize a MULTIBOOT_CMDLINE
> > environment variable for the programs it starts. The sub-hurd should see
> > life as if it were the first hurd.
>
> Maybe there should just be an option to pass arbitrary environment
> variables to the sub-hurd from boot. But still, it might be useful
> for MULTIBOOT_CMDLINE to have a default value.
I think it's more useful to have a clear bomb indicating the boot sequence
is not doing what it should.