Re: [PATCH] Parse commandline in grub-xen

[Olaf Hering]

On Mon, May 11, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:

> Well your argument doesn't say at all why no prefix is better than separating
> namespaces

Who is supposed to parse the prefix?
And at what point in time?  Early, later, never?

> > How do you envison a way to select a boot device, or set debug=all or
> > whatever a script may interpret?
> Setting debug is a good example of abuse that would be sneaking in. Variables
> set from command line need to have a prefix to indicate where they come from.

Why is that abuse?
When should debug=all become active from your POV?  Early, later, never?

Olaf