From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51361C3F2CD for ; Wed, 4 Mar 2020 11:37:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FFCC2465D for ; Wed, 4 Mar 2020 11:37:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1583321852; bh=EnJ48mBqSJNuN4pur5d9rPaOtktt8Bg5LJqlLCktZOo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:List-ID:From; b=s6g3o1Edxil6X1h2qOL8gDAHhiDJqYGyb3itBpJmAJYNq2VPaNEtOVtBNJ8Lkyixf OA13FtFe5tqtQRUWTHaW1yfpAxScyzI6SH4WuRgAumf1uoVnPxZ6wkoFz/oKTF7d4e JteKbgiacDTDNi21gjmBUyUkV/2xN3qvHqeAorzk= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2387814AbgCDLh1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Mar 2020 06:37:27 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:60042 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729261AbgCDLh1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Mar 2020 06:37:27 -0500 Received: from devnote2 (NE2965lan1.rev.em-net.ne.jp [210.141.244.193]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2311920870; Wed, 4 Mar 2020 11:37:25 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1583321847; bh=EnJ48mBqSJNuN4pur5d9rPaOtktt8Bg5LJqlLCktZOo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=SwU1LASd5/2lSKALZC7pvGkWl05Sb1JkPB43thx8zoYj9QZX7F8y2aY0ETGeuF6gi nPzVe6rAksGD/PZ5WXe5/JHK9hSXxEi5A6aFfRfFBx4PxPqJHVFJhFyktiREXlnPBp PuZldeM963PVB6sDwEMgnE3NzwiF8xVWx7E2hSLA= Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 20:37:22 +0900 From: Masami Hiramatsu To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Steven Rostedt , Jonathan Corbet , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Markus Elfring Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] Documentation: bootconfig: Update boot configuration documentation Message-Id: <20200304203722.8e8699c2a3e0a979aae091b1@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: References: <158322634266.31847.8245359938993378502.stgit@devnote2> <158322635301.31847.15011454479023637649.stgit@devnote2> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Hi Randy, Thanks for review and good suggestions! On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 20:55:39 -0800 Randy Dunlap wrote: > > +Boot Configuration Syntax > > +========================= > > + > > +The boot configuration syntax is a simple structured key-value. Each key > > +consists of dot-connected-words, and key and value are connected by ``=``. > > +The value has to be terminated by semi-colon (``;``) or newline (``\n``). > > For array value, array entries are separated by comma (``,``). :: > > values, > or just > For an array, its entries are separated by I like this latter one. [...] > > +Tree Structured Key > > +------------------- > > > > -The boot config file syntax allows user to merge partially same word keys > > -by brace. For example:: > > +The boot configuration syntax allows user to merge same parent key using > > allows the user > although I am having problems with the rest of that sentence. What about the following? User can group identical parent keys together and use braces to list child keys under them. Thank you, -- Masami Hiramatsu