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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: John Coffman <johninsd@san.rr.com>
Cc: Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Barry K. Nathan" <barryn@pobox.com>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>,
	tony.luck@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][TAKE 4] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking   the 256 limit
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 14:57:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <445BCA33.30903@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20060505144445.03642988@pop-server.san.rr.com>

John Coffman wrote:
>>
>> The problem is that some people have reported that the kernel crashes 
>> if booted with LILO and the size limit is more than 255.  They haven't 
>> so far commented on how they observed that, and that's a major problem.
> 
> Just re-compiling LILO with the  COMMAND_LINE_SIZE  parameter changed 
> from 256 to 512 will not work.  A .bss area must be moved to avoid 
> clobbering the kernel header.
> 

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.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2006-05-05 21:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-05 13:37 [PATCH][TAKE 4] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit Alon Bar-Lev
2006-05-05 14:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-05-05 14:28   ` Alon Bar-Lev
2006-05-05 14:35     ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-05-05 18:10       ` John Coffman
2006-05-05 18:17         ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-05-05 21:48           ` John Coffman
2006-05-05 21:57             ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2006-05-06  3:57               ` John Coffman
2006-05-06  5:11                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-05-06 10:31                   ` Alon Bar-Lev
     [not found]                   ` <44AD583B.5040007@gmail.com>
     [not found]                     ` <44AD5BB4.9090005@zytor.com>
     [not found]                       ` <44AD5D47.8010307@gmail.com>
     [not found]                         ` <44AD5FD8.6010307@zytor.com>
     [not found]                           ` <9e0cf0bf0608031436x19262ab0rb2271b52ce75639d@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]                             ` <44D278D6.2070106@zytor.com>
     [not found]                               ` <9e0cf0bf0608031542q2da20037h828f4b8f0d01c4d5@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]                                 ` <44D27F22.4080205@zytor.com>
2006-08-25 23:57                                   ` [PATCH] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit (ping) Alon Bar-Lev
2006-08-27 18:28                                     ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-27 18:50                                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-27 19:16                                         ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-27 19:32                                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-27 20:54                                             ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-27 21:39                                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-28  3:28                                                 ` John Coffman
2006-08-28  6:02                                                 ` Alon Bar-Lev
2006-08-28  6:41                                                   ` Alon Bar-Lev
2006-08-28  7:31                                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-28 12:19                                                       ` Alon Bar-Lev
2006-08-28 18:28                                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-28 18:46                                                           ` Matt Domsch
2006-08-28 19:00                                                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-28 20:12                                                               ` Matt Domsch
2006-08-28 20:29                                                                 ` Alon Bar-Lev
2006-08-28 20:33                                                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-28 20:43                                                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-30 16:49                                                                   ` Alon Bar-Lev
2006-08-30 16:56                                                                     ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-30 17:06                                                                       ` Alon Bar-Lev
2006-08-30 17:31                                                                         ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-30 17:51                                                                           ` Alon Bar-Lev
2006-08-30 18:59                                                                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-30 19:06                                                                               ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-30 19:07                                                                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-30 19:23                                                                               ` Alon Bar-Lev
2006-08-30 19:33                                                                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-30 18:58                                                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-28 19:24                                                             ` Alon Bar-Lev
2006-08-28 20:32                                                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-29  0:13                                                             ` [PATCH] Fix the EDD code misparsing the command line H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-29  1:24                                                               ` Petr Vandrovec
2006-08-29  1:36                                                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-29  1:51                                                                 ` [PATCH] Fix the EDD code misparsing the command line (rev 2) H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-27 19:59                                           ` [PATCH] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit (ping) Alon Bar-Lev
2006-05-05 22:02             ` [PATCH][TAKE 4] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit Alon Bar-Lev

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