Re: [linuxsh-dev] Some modifications to the kernel in the CVS

[NIIBE Y. <gn...@ch...>]

Hi Pierre, 

pi...@li... wrote:
 > Eventually though, my plan is to migrate some (or all) the
 > hardware initialization code in the kernel so that the kernel can be
 > standalone. Hence, later on in the boot process, the kernel wouldn't have to
 > guess the value of the clock multiplier. It would be easy to have the clock
 > multiplier as a config option, or as a value in arch/sh/kernel/head.S that one
 > can set with an rdev-like utility.
 > 
 > Let me know if you think that'd be a good thing. I could do this very soon
 > (next week) because I'll have an opening in my development schedule.

Frankly speaking, I don't think it's a good idea to put all
initialization code into the kernel, and to let kernel alone reside
the system.  It's not flexible system design, I feel.

Instead, how about introducing kernel parameter for bootloader passing
to the kernel about CPG, as well as RAM size, command line option and
others?
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