Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Sep 2005 00:12:00 +0200 | From | Jesper Juhl <> | Subject | Re: THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit |
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On 9/1/05, Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 03:01:57PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > Maybe not. Another option would simply be to bump it up > > significantly (2x isn't really that much.) 4096, maybe. > > I wonder if we're not at the point where we need something different > to what we have now. The concept of a command-line works for passing > simple state but for more complex things it's too cumbersome.
How about
a) bump the limit on the cmd line - it's still useful, and 256 really is quite small for some things.
b) add a new boot option telling the kernel the name of some file in initrd or similar from which to load additional options.
I don't know if b is feasible at all. It would mean that the kernel would need to get a hold of the initrd or whatever quite early to be able to process options from it, but if it's doable somehow it would be a really neat thing.
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