Re: THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit

From: Chris Wedgwood
Date: Wed Aug 31 2005 - 17:07:43 EST


On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 03:01:57PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Maybe not. Another option would simply be to bump it up
> significantly (2x isn't really that much.) 4096, maybe.

I wonder if we're not at the point where we need something different
to what we have now. The concept of a command-line works for passing
simple state but for more complex things it's too cumbersome.
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