Re: [Xen-users] usage of the extra parameter in vm configs

["Henning Sprang" <henning_sprang@xxxxxx>]

On 30 Dec 2006 15:18:20 +0000, M.A. Williamson <maw48@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We'd actually been talking about replacing the current "root=", "extra="
> etc. arguments with a single "cmdline=" which would contain the entire
> kernel commandline - in the same way that a normal bootloader might.
I think that's a good idea, because that was the next question I
wanted to ask: what's the difference between the root variable (which
in all examples not only contains the root, but alo the additional
argument "ro") and extra, and why should I not  just add more
arguments to the root variable and leave the extra arg empty?

As I understand it now, theres no big semantic difference between
both, and they get actually "glued together" and handed over to the
guest kernel at domain creation time.

> Does this answer your question satisfactorily?
Yes, thanks a lot!

Henning

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