From 0de9599e3483878062425c305e896d35a70dcfa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:56:44 +1030
Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 169080 b: refs/heads/master c:
 f066a4f6df68f03b565dfe867dde54dfeb26576e h: refs/heads/master v: v3

---
 [refs]            |  2 +-
 trunk/init/main.c | 11 +++--------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5e82ffbfb1dc..06f2983d3b7b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 86a7b7ef54650b99f7f638d6a6990fe7c0dfaaab
+refs/heads/master: f066a4f6df68f03b565dfe867dde54dfeb26576e
diff --git a/trunk/init/main.c b/trunk/init/main.c
index 5988debfc505..4051d75dd2d6 100644
--- a/trunk/init/main.c
+++ b/trunk/init/main.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ early_param("loglevel", loglevel);
 
 /*
  * Unknown boot options get handed to init, unless they look like
- * failed parameters
+ * unused parameters (modprobe will find them in /proc/cmdline).
  */
 static int __init unknown_bootoption(char *param, char *val)
 {
@@ -272,14 +272,9 @@ static int __init unknown_bootoption(char *param, char *val)
 	if (obsolete_checksetup(param))
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * Preemptive maintenance for "why didn't my misspelled command
-	 * line work?"
-	 */
-	if (strchr(param, '.') && (!val || strchr(param, '.') < val)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Unknown boot option `%s': ignoring\n", param);
+	/* Unused module parameter. */
+	if (strchr(param, '.') && (!val || strchr(param, '.') < val))
 		return 0;
-	}
 
 	if (panic_later)
 		return 0;