Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit (ping) | | From | Andi Kleen <> | | Date | 27 Aug 2006 20:28:57 +0200 |
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Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com> writes:
> Extending the kernel parameters to a 2048 bytes for > boot protocol >=2.02 of i386, ia64 and x86_64 architectures for > linux-2.6.18-rc4-mm2. > > Current implementation allows the kernel to receive up to > 255 characters from the bootloader. In current environment, > the command-line is used in order to specify many values, > including suspend/resume, module arguments, splash, initramfs > and more. 255 characters are not enough anymore.
The last time I tried this on x86-64 lilo on systems that used EDD broke. EDD uses part of the bootup page too. So most likely it's not that simple.
And please don't shout your subjects.
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