Don't throw away cmdline parameter

Hi,

attach patch avoids throwing away the first cmdline parameter. It contains the dom0 kernel filename.

On NetBSD, this is used to set sysctl.booted_kernel
This sysctl entry is used by the kvm framework
(http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?kvm+3+NetBSD-current)
and savecore (http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?savecore+8+NetBSD-current).
The kvm framework is used by almost all system utilities.

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@@ -998,7 +998,6 @@ void __init __start_xen(unsigned long mb
     {
         static char dom0_cmdline[MAX_GUEST_CMDLINE];
 
-        cmdline = cmdline_cook(cmdline);
         safe_strcpy(dom0_cmdline, cmdline);
 
         if ( kextra != NULL )

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Doing this would make dom0 start_info format differ from domU start_info format. If an accurate filename is actually useful then I'd consider making an extension to start_info format (e.g., an extra SIF_ flag and use that to indicate an extra string appended to cmd_line[] containing the kernel filename). Or those who do care can explicitly duplicate the filename into the cmdline in their domain config file or bootloader config file.

-- Keir