Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:50:24 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit (ping) |
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Andi Kleen wrote: > > 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. >
On i386, the command line is never stored in the bootup page; only a pointer to it is. The copying is done straight into the saved_command_line buffer in the kernel BSS (head.S lines 79-104).
x86-64 does the same thing, but in C code (head64.c lines 45-56.) Thus, if you had a problem with LILO, I suspect the problem was inside LILO itself, and not a kernel issue.
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