Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:12:23 -0500 | From | Matt Domsch <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit (ping) |
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On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 12:00:37PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Matt Domsch wrote: > > > >No reason. I was just trying to be careful, not leaving data in the > >upper bits of those registers going uninitialized. If we know they're > >not being used ever, then it's not a problem. But I don't think > >that's the source of the command line size concern, is it? > > > > No, it's treating the command line as a fixed buffer, as opposed to a > null-terminated string. This was always a bug, by the way.
OK, I'll look at fixing that, and using %esi throughout.
Thanks, Matt
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