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Re: [PATCH] Long linux kernel command lines
From: |
Jan Alsenz |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Long linux kernel command lines |
Date: |
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:34:47 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090104) |
Robert Millan wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 07:02:56PM +0100, Jan Alsenz wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> I just noticed, that the pc linux loader (loader/i386/pc/linux.c) always
>> truncates the kernel command line to less than 256 characters.
>> Well since I needed a longer command line, I fixed this problem.
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your effort, but note that this can't be changed carelessly. It's
> possible we have this limit for backward compatibility.
>
> If newer versions of Linux allow a longer cmdline, our code should check for
> that instead.
If you look at the patch I send on Feb 11, I think it does all the necessary
checks.
> Also, would be cool if you can check whether loader/i386/linux.c also has
> this problem.
Well, it uses a fixed 4k command-line area. But I don't know, if this is a
problem there.
Greets,
Jan
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