Re: [PATCH 00/26] Dynamic kernel command-line

Luca
2006-09-04T17:08:17Z

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Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> ha scritto:
Alon Bar-Lev writes:
>
>> Current implementation stores a static command-line
>> buffer allocated to COMMAND_LINE_SIZE size. Most
>> architectures stores two copies of this buffer, one
>> for future reference and one for parameter parsing.
>
> Under what circumstances do we actually need a command line of more
> than 256 bytes?
>
> It seems to me that if 256 bytes isn't enough, we should take a deep
> breath, step back, and think about whether there might be a better way
> to pass whatever information it is that's using up so much of the
> command line.

Well, if you want to set a parameter of a builtin module you have to
use:
modulename.parameter=whatever

which can use a lot of space... I suppose that with an "everything
builtin" kernel and a few modules to tune you can get near the limit.

Luca
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