Messages in this thread | | | From | Kyle Moffett <> | Subject | Re: stripping down the kernel-parameters.txt file | Date | Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:47:38 -0400 |
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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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