boot parameter question

[Lenny Bruzenak]

On 7/29/19 4:32 PM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:

> It is being ignored because that kernel command line extension to the
> original feature was never backported to RHEL7.

That would definitely do it.

>
> In hindsight, that would have been pretty useful without causing much
> risk.  Normally feature backport is driven by customer demand.  There
> was a bit of pushback when it was first introduced upstream, but this is
> exactly the scenario I envisioned where it would be most useful.  It is
> possible to compile your own kernel and change the default value, but
> that's obviously a hurdle for most.

It would definitely have been useful, some might say even necessary,
given the audit event startup noise occurring with systemd.

Wow. Thanks Richard, I appreciate the answer on this.

LCB

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