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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: UPower upstream (git master) and 0.99 release -> No sys-power/pm-utils support 
From:       Olav Vitters <olav () vitters ! nl>
Date:       2014-06-04 8:11:55
Message-ID: 20140604081155.GA11777 () bkor ! dhs ! org
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On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 09:20:51PM -0400, Greg Woodbury wrote:
> Then, they "steal" a general kernel command line parameter (debug) that
> makes booting impossible in certain cases. (Linus had to put his foot
> down on that one.)

Almost your entire statement here is incorrect. Systemd still looks at
the debug flag until jorunald is available. There was a bug which caused
lots of output from systemd to the kernel, making the kernel hang. Linus
subsequently said kernel should rate limit the output from any process,
plus was upset the way that Kay handled a bugreport.

However, Linus is and was totally fine with the debug flag usage. Aside
from that there are various other tools that make use of the debug flag.

Apologies if this conflicts with your systemd is taking over the world
and evil evil evil talk :-P

References (these are more thorough):
https://plus.google.com/115547683951727699051/posts/VYRaUuh1tkt
https://lwn.net/Articles/593676/

-- 
Regards,
Olav

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