Re: [PATCH][TAKE 3] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit

[Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com>]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> Well, obviously, since apparently LILO doesn't properly null-terminate 
> long command line.
> 
> Thinking about it a bit, the way to deal with the LILO problem is 
> probably to actually *usw* the boot loader ID byte we've had in there 
> since the 2.00 protocol.  In other words, if the boot loader ID is 0x1X 
> where X <= current version (I don't know how LILO manages this ID) then 
> truncate the command line to 255 bytes; when this is fixed in LILO then 
> LILO gets to bump its boot loader ID version number.
> 
>     -hpa

I don't understand...

If LILO worked until now, it should continue to work after 
applying this patch, since nothing was changed from its 
perspective. It will continue to provide 255 characters + 
null command line, so even if you have 1024 max 
command-line, then you will still receive truncated to 255 
chars.

What I think is that the boot.txt should be clearer... But 
if you think that this patch can be applied without making 
any change to the documentation that's will also be great! I 
will try to deal with boot loaders developers afterwards...

Best Regards,
Alon Bar-Lev.