kernel boot parameters -> init environment

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Date: 04/26/05 

Date: 26 Apr 2005 01:10:15 GMT

The kernel boot parameters are supposed to be supplied to the init
program as environment variables. But it seems that the ones the
kernel already knows about are removed from that environment. Is
there a reason for this? Would you suspect problems if the kernel
were hacked to not do this, and pass every parameter?

I want to access to some parameters like root= in my early userspace
init program to have it do the mounting of the root device, if the
parameter is specified (other things if not). 

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