Re: [PATCH] [REPOST] x86_64, i386: Add command line length to bootprotocol

[H. Peter Anvin]

Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I really don' t understand why you insist that the boot protocol
> > =2.02 had 255 limit!
> Please remove this from the description.
> You want to add size, that's OK, but please don't mess with previous
> definitions.
> Boot protocol 2.02 introduced the null terminated string truncated by
> kernel, which can be at any size.

Well, except for a very brief window, the limit *was* 255.  If the boot 
loader wants to verify nontruncation, this is a valid concern.

	-hpa
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