Re: x86_64 command line truncated

Andi Kleen
2006-08-07T15:58:10Z

Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> writes:

> On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:38:49 +0100
> Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> wrote:
>
> > Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> writes:
> > >
> > >> It seems that the command line on x86_64 is being truncated during boot:
> > >
> > > in mm right?
> > >> Will try and track it down.
> > >
> > > Don't bother, it is likely "early-param" (the patch from
> > > hell). I'll investigate.
> > >
> > > -Andi
> >
> > Well I've narroed it down to the following patch from Andrew:
> >
> > x86_64-mm-early-param.patch
>
> Not me. My only contribution to that patch was to scrog the changelog ;)
> I'll be fixing that sometime.
>
> I think that patch doesn't have a future, although Andi hasn't yet dropped it.

I fixed all known bugs (but hasn't reached your tree it) and right now
it looks good to not be a drop.

Of course more testing will tell.

-Andi