On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:24:45 +0930 Rusty Russell <ru...@rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
> Subject: param: hand arguments after -- straight to init > > The kernel passes any args it doesn't need through to init, except it > assumes anything containing '.' belongs to the kernel (for a module). > This change means all users can clearly distinguish which arguments > are for init. > > For example, the kernel uses debug ("dee-bug") to mean log everything to > the console, where systemd uses the debug from the Scandinavian "day-boog" > meaning "fail to boot". If a future versions uses argv[] instead of > reading /proc/cmdline, this confusion will be avoided. > > eg: test 'FOO="this is --foo"' -- 'systemd.debug="true true true"' > > Gives: > argv[0] = '/debug-init' > argv[1] = 'test' > argv[2] = 'systemd.debug=true true true' > envp[0] = 'HOME=/' > envp[1] = 'TERM=linux' > envp[2] = 'FOO=this is --foo' This (user-facing) feature doesn't seem to have been documented anywhere. Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt, I guess. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/