Re: kernel cmdline truncation

From: Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Date: Fri Jul 14 2000 - 14:44:49 EST


On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:12:51 -0500,
Thomas Dodd <ted@cypress.com> wrote:
>I just installed kernel-2.2.16-8 from the rawhide srpm
>and the kernel command line is being truncated
>at 80 characters (according to /proc/cmdline)
>Is this lilo or the kernel or redhat patches to one
>of them?

Probably lilo. I use this patch.

--- lilo/lilo.h.orig Fri Jul 7 17:10:30 2000
+++ lilo/lilo.h Fri Jul 7 17:10:44 2000
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 CL_MAGIC_ADDR = 0x20 ! command line magic number
 CL_MAGIC = 0xa33f ! very unusual command sequence
 CL_OFFSET = 0x22 ! command line offset
-CL_LENGTH = 0x4e ! maximum length
+CL_LENGTH = 0xff ! maximum length
 
 ! 0x90020-0x90021 2 by command line magic number
 ! 0x90022-0x90023 2 by command line offset

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