linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] update kernel-parameters.txt

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:44:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:	"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	"jens m. noedler" <noedler@....de>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] update kernel-parameters.txt

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, jens m. noedler wrote:

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>
> Hi,
>
> This is just a little documentation update which applies to 2.6.18-rc2.
>
> Signed-off-by: jens m. noedler <noedler@....de>
>
> - ---
>
> - --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.orig    2006-07-26 16:47:34.000000000 +0200
> +++ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2006-07-27 15:57:02.000000000 +0200

Patch should apply with 'patch -p1' (i.e., filenames begin with linux/
or a/, b/ etc.)

> @@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ be entered as an environment variable, w
>  it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs
>  running once the system is up.
>
> +The number of kernel parameters in not limited, but the length of the
                                   is

> +complete command line (parameters including spaces etc.) is limited to
> +a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture
> +and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
> +./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
> +
> +
>         53c7xx=         [HW,SCSI] Amiga SCSI controllers
>                         See header of drivers/scsi/53c7xx.c.
>                         See also Documentation/scsi/ncr53c7xx.txt.

-- 
~Randy
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