linux-kernel - Re: x86_64 command line truncated

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Message-ID: <p73oduwpmgh.fsf@verdi.suse.de>
Date:	07 Aug 2006 17:58:06 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, apw@...dowen.org
Subject: Re: x86_64 command line truncated

Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org> writes:

> On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:38:49 +0100
> Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org> wrote:
> 
> > Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.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
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