Re: [PATCH 1/1] 2.6.14-rc3 x86: COMMAND_LINE_SIZE

From: Georg Lippold
Date: Thu Oct 13 2005 - 15:18:34 EST


Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> OK... So I think 1024 bytes should be used... Does it sound OK?

So, it boils down to using my previously posted patch?

> But I still think that the documentation should not specify a fixed
> size, so that boot loaders will pass the full command line to the kernel.

In my patch, it states:

"a boot loader may allow
a longer command line to be passed to permit future kernels to extend
this limit."

(as always in Documentation/i386/boot.txt)

Greetings,

Georg
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