Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 05 May 2006 22:11:58 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][TAKE 4] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit |
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John Coffman wrote: > At 02:57 PM Friday 5/5/2006, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Okay, let me ask this: > >> If the *kernel* limit is modified, but the LILO limit is not, what >> will happen? This is the real crux of the matter. > > The length of the kernel command line will be limited by the size of the > boot loader buffer. LILO always inserts a NUL terminator. > > --John > > P.S. The LILO command line buffer has always been 1 sector (512 bytes); > however, only the first half is actually used for the command line. No > kernel can do any harm by setting "boot_cmdline[511] = 0;" for any > version of LILO back to version 20 (and probably before). >
Okay... **DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ACTUAL EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY???**, and if so, **WHAT ARE THE DETAILS**?
All I've heard so far is hearsay. "X said that Y had said..."
-hpa
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