Re: [PATCH][TAKE 4] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the256 limit

[H. Peter Anvin]

John Coffman wrote:
> At 02:57 PM  Friday 5/5/2006, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Okay, let me ask this:
>
> > If the *kernel* limit is modified, but the LILO limit is not, what 
> > will happen?  This is the real crux of the matter.
>
> The length of the kernel command line will be limited by the size of the 
> boot loader buffer.  LILO always inserts a NUL terminator.
>
> --John
>
> P.S.  The LILO command line buffer has always been 1 sector (512 bytes); 
> however, only the first half is actually used for the command line. No 
> kernel can do any harm by setting "boot_cmdline[511] = 0;" for any 
> version of LILO back to version 20 (and probably before).

Okay... **DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ACTUAL EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY???**, and 
if so, **WHAT ARE THE DETAILS**?

All I've heard so far is hearsay.  "X said that Y had said..."

	-hpa

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