Re: [PATCH][TAKE 4] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit

H. Peter Anvin
2006-05-06T05:14:12Z

John Coffman wrote:
> At 02:57 PM Friday 5/5/2006, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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.
>
> The length of the kernel command line will be limited by the size of the
> boot loader buffer. LILO always inserts a NUL terminator.
>
> --John
>
> P.S. The LILO command line buffer has always been 1 sector (512 bytes);
> however, only the first half is actually used for the command line. No
> kernel can do any harm by setting "boot_cmdline[511] = 0;" for any
> version of LILO back to version 20 (and probably before).
>

Okay... **DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ACTUAL EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY???**, and
if so, **WHAT ARE THE DETAILS**?

All I've heard so far is hearsay. "X said that Y had said..."

-hpa