From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NVRm7-0004rB-FC for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38:19 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVRm5-0004qH-MR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38:17 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVRm0-0004oC-Rm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38:17 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45916 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVRm0-0004o7-HN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38:12 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f228.google.com ([209.85.220.228]:55047) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVRm0-0002lG-4n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38:12 -0500 Received: by fxm28 with SMTP id 28so16299942fxm.26 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:38:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=7/TQnPQyZr7GwW0N+tUYCGp23JZxgPEw8g2AtqaXUCE=; b=b6b5dtJ8gqpSJ4oVdC4RpoFQgijF/xi18vtcp4LRESyrcqhalx8D3IokaxjIlgpr5S Nlf+RQ0Vqt8J9AuNrCWmw/z+Ra42wS+kqXn1lAJZrsg98t/KRBjNIZ2c/QQNil77K+yK p3hyBXUcby8RurEJpr4epVZPtfNsUHE/W9GXI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=h5EHOGRjbTTCeLj28AVfKzWdOXMjg5WhoQWC+P1L3mroLSbMHjmPYR89HVOOAiXZ/Q IFMH19CO2iMf4TAq7UazP3GNbikng/zgPOiFDWH/z0VjZeUiDpsE8X/wx4N/YhEST5g/ YWYhM0PYi6bQHXeujQX8vl1Oi5bZ9jjZwEsEk= Received: by 10.87.73.4 with SMTP id a4mr1184591fgl.76.1263483490560; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:38:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (125-115.203-62.cust.bluewin.ch [62.203.115.125]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l12sm1931291fgb.0.2010.01.14.07.38.09 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:38:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B4F3A5A.6080103@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:38:02 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20091109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigA30DCAAD58BCE7C4267C9CC0" X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: [PATCH] Command-line format clarification X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:38:17 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigA30DCAAD58BCE7C4267C9CC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There is some amount of confusion regarding command line format. I propose following clarification: =3D=3D=3D modified file 'doc/multiboot.texi' --- doc/multiboot.texi 2010-01-12 16:49:46 +0000 +++ doc/multiboot.texi 2010-01-14 15:36:23 +0000 @@ -707,7 +707,11 @@ If bit 2 of the @samp{flags} longword is set, the @samp{cmdline} field is valid, and contains the physical address of the command line to be passed to the kernel. The command line is a normal C-style -zero-terminated string. +zero-terminated string. The exact format of command line is left to +OS developpers. General-purpose boot loaders should allow user a complet= e +control on command line independently of other factors like image name. +Boot loaders with specific payload in mind may completely or partially generate +it algorithmically. =20 If bit 3 of the @samp{flags} is set, then the @samp{mods} fields indicate to the kernel what boot modules were loaded along with the --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enigA30DCAAD58BCE7C4267C9CC0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iF4EAREKAAYFAktPOmAACgkQNak7dOguQgksbQD/cFgf+bA8+vacwUXZA85Y8dwG 9Sx45qDFKZrp1l9y7fEBAMBqRXytUm32KjQymGaFjYeJybsjxOojh8BYa+cpr0Am =39FO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigA30DCAAD58BCE7C4267C9CC0--