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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86_64, i386: Add command line length to boot protocol
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 12:12:20AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:

> > 65535 characters? Are you for real?
> > Stop and think about just how big that is. If you have to create
> > a boot command line that long, you have serious, serious issues.
>
> Well, it is about the same size as my .config...

So? That has *nothing* to do with the boot command line

> I agree we are unlikely to hit it any time soon... I could imagine
> some (ab)uses, like fixed_acpi_bios=<lots of hex digits>, but those
> are ugly.

That's beyond ugly, and rapidly heading towards 'loony'.

> I could also imagine some uses where entire embedded machine
> is described at kernel commandline.

There are far better ways to get configuration into the kernel
than the boot command line.

Anyways, I'm tired of arguing for the sake of arguing.
I really could care less.

Dave

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